ACE prevents context collapse with ‘evolving playbooks’ for self-improving AI agents
A new framework from Stanford University and SambaNova addresses a critical challenge in building robust AI agents: context engineering. Called Agentic Context Engineering (ACE), the framework automatically populates and modifies the context window of large language model (LLM) applications by treating it as an “evolving playbook” that creates and refines strategies as the agent gains […]
Under the hood of AI agents: A technical guide to the next frontier of gen AI
Agents are the trendiest topic in AI today — and with good reason. Taking gen AI out of the protected sandbox of the chat interface and allowing it to act directly on the world represents a leap forward in the power and utility of AI models. The word “agent” has been used in different ways, […]
How Anthropic’s ‘Skills’ make Claude faster, cheaper, and more consistent for business workflows
Anthropic launched a new capability on Thursday that allows its Claude AI assistant to tap into specialized expertise on demand, marking the company’s latest effort to make artificial intelligence more practical for enterprise workflows as it chases rival OpenAI in the intensifying competition over AI-powered software development. The feature, called Skills, enables users to create […]
Amazon and Chobani adopt Strella’s AI interviews for customer research as fast-growing startup raises $14M
One year after emerging from stealth, Strella has raised $14 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered customer research platform, the company announced Thursday. The round, led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Decibel Partners, Bain Future Back Ventures, MVP Ventures and 645 Ventures, comes as enterprises increasingly turn to artificial intelligence […]
Microsoft launches ‘Hey Copilot’ voice assistant and autonomous agents for all Windows 11 PCs
Microsoft is fundamentally reimagining how people interact with their computers, announcing Thursday a sweeping transformation of Windows 11 that brings voice-activated AI assistants, autonomous software agents, and contextual intelligence to every PC running the operating system — not just premium devices with specialized chips. The announcement represents Microsoft’s most aggressive push yet to integrate generative […]
Dfinity launches Caffeine, an AI platform that builds production apps from natural language prompts
The Dfinity Foundation on Wednesday released Caffeine, an artificial intelligence platform that allows users to build and deploy web applications through natural language conversation alone, bypassing traditional coding entirely. The system, which became publicly available today, represents a fundamental departure from existing AI coding assistants by building applications on a specialized decentralized infrastructure designed specifically […]
EAGLET boosts AI agent performance on longer-horizon tasks by generating custom plans
2025 was supposed to be the year of “AI agents,” according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and other AI industry personnel. And it has been, in many ways, with numerous leading AI model providers such as OpenAI, Google, and even Chinese competitors like Alibaba releasing fine-tuned AI models or applications designed to focus on a […]
Self-improving language models are becoming reality with MIT’s updated SEAL technique
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are gaining renewed attention for developing and open sourcing a technique that allows large language models (LLMs) — like those underpinning ChatGPT and most modern AI chatbots — to improve themselves by generating synthetic data to fine-tune upon. The technique, known as SEAL (Self-Adapting LLMs), was first […]
Researchers find that retraining only small parts of AI models can cut costs and prevent forgetting
Enterprises often find that when they fine-tune models, one effective approach to making a large language model (LLM) fit for purpose and grounded in data is to have the model lose some of its abilities. After fine-tuning, some models “forget” how to perform certain tasks or other tasks they already learned. Research from the University […]
Visa just launched a protocol to secure the AI shopping boom — here’s what it means for merchants
Visa is introducing a new security framework designed to solve one of the thorniest problems emerging in artificial intelligence-powered commerce: how retailers can tell the difference between legitimate AI shopping assistants and the malicious bots that plague their websites. The payments giant unveiled its Trusted Agent Protocol on Tuesday, establishing what it describes as foundational […]