🦞Nvidia Unloads at GTC with NemoClaw and More
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a wave of announcements at GTC 2026, covering AI agent security, next-gen chip platforms, gaming ray tracing, and enterprise tools.
- —NemoClaw: Brings security and privacy guardrails to OpenClaw agents, emphasizing enterprise expansion of agentic technology
- —Vera Rubin Platform: Seven new chips put into production for AI training and agent computing, with Huang teasing space-based data centers
- —DLSS 5: Uses AI to add photorealistic lighting and materials to games in real time, with Bethesda, Capcom, and Ubisoft among first studios
- —AI Agent Toolkit: New open-source toolkit lets enterprises build secure AI agents, plus AI platforms for vehicles, robots, and more
Why it matters: Huang pitched Nvidia as the first vertically integrated but horizontally open company. From chips to agents, gaming to robotics — every announcement pointed to the same play: own the infrastructure layer beneath all AI workloads, and let everyone else build openly on top.
🎸Exposed AI Band Becomes Real in Japan
A pseudonymous producer called Kage built a fictional Japanese metal band Neon Oni with Suno that pulled in 80k+ monthly listeners before fans uncovered it was AI, then hired real Tokyo musicians to perform the AI tracks live.
- —Virtual Band: Neon Oni Spotify page listed fictional member bios and Tokyo location, with AI-generated music videos, merch, and growing fanbase
- —Identity Exposed: Reddit users spotted AI-generated hands in music videos and traced creator to Europe, exposing the band as entirely fabricated
- —Reality Pivot: Creator recruited seven musicians from Tokyo bands to perform AI music live, with three shows complete and headline gig set for March 29
- —Creator View: Kage stated In an age where AI is taking everyone jobs, this has actually created jobs. It has done the complete opposite.
Why it matters: Initial deception aside, musicians play cover songs and hit songwriters produce tracks for other artists every day. Neon Oni might be the strange, AI-future version of that model: one creator builds the brand and writes the music with AI, then real performers bring it to the stage when a concept gains traction.
🔎How to Use Grok for Free Automated Research
Learn how to use Grok Tasks feature. If you have a free X.com account, you get 2 automated tasks each day — use them to build automated daily research briefings pulled from live X data.
- —Step 1: Go to Grok and sign in with your X account. Click your profile picture in the bottom left, then click Tasks
- —Step 2: Click New Task, give it a name, set your schedule (daily, weekly, or specific days), and prompt: Search X for the top trends in [your niche] from the last 24 hours. Summarize the top 3 and flag anything gaining traction
- —Step 3: Once you save the task, Grok will run the search on schedule and send results via email and push notification
- —Step 4: To view run results on desktop, navigate back to grok.com/tasks and click on the task
Why it matters: In addition to your two daily tasks, you can also stretch your free Grok account further by scheduling up to 10 research tasks per week or month.
🖥️ Manus Brings Its AI Agent to the Desktop
Manus just launched My Computer, a new desktop app that moves its cloud-based AI agent onto users local machines to manage files, run terminal commands, build apps, and more.
- —Local Terminal: My Computer works through the local terminal, giving the agent direct access to read, sort, and edit files stored on a user machine
- —Use Cases: Range from organizing unsorted photos into labeled folders, batch-renaming invoices, to building and packaging apps autonomously
- —Meta Acquisition: Meta acquired the Chinese agentic startup in December for $2B, with the team joining the company and CEO Xiao Hong coming in as VP
- —Hardware Utilization: The agent can tap into a machine hardware when idle, running jobs in the background or completing tasks assigned remotely from a phone
Why it matters: Manus was already one of the more capable AI agents in the cloud, and now it is making the desktop move we have seen from OpenClaw, Perplexity, and others. The race to be the orchestrator of users computers is on, and Manus is a good opportunity for Meta to gain a foothold without a current frontier model of its own.