I've been playing with the new Excel agent and it seems like Microsoft is taking a leap past copilots It feels still in development, but it does autonomous Excel work much better than Microsoft's Copilot approach, which it effectively kills (with unclear implications for work)
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Better Prompts Keep AI Code Generation Simple
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Is there a better prompt which tells them not to overthink and keep it simple? They just bombard my code base with test cases, unnecessary documentation, print statements.
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RecoWorld and Meta Modern Recommendation System for Agentic AI
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#PapersAccepted by Jiqizhixin
Our report: https://
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… RecoWorld: Building Simulated Environments for Agentic Recommender Systems Meta Modern Recommendation System (MRS)
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Meta RecoWorld: Agentic Recommender Systems Simulation Playground
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Meta has taken a significant step forward in Agentic Recommender Systems: RecoWorld. It's a simulated playground for agentic recommender systems. Dual-view setup: a user simulator + recommender agent in multi-turn dialogue. Users give feedback & reflective instructions →
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PopAi Versus Gamma: Agent Technology Comparison
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Our agent technology is differentiated. I personally prefer PopAi to Gamma, but try it yourself!
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AG-UI Integration Enhances Agent Frontend Experience
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Thanks for the feedback Phillip. Integration with the AG-UI is first step towards easily having a frontend UI for your Agents and the experience is just going to get better.
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Cursor Agent Controls Browser with Sonnet 4.5 Preview
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Cursor can now control your browser.
— Cursor (@cursor_ai) 29 septembre 2025
Agent can take screenshots, improve UI, and debug client issues.
Try our early preview with Sonnet 4.5. pic.twitter.com/Itb4xLCDklCursor can now control your browser. Agent can take screenshots, improve UI, and debug client issues. Try our early preview with Sonnet 4.5.
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AI Agents Progressing Rapidly Performing Economically Useful Work
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New AI Chatbot Prototype Rolling Out for User Feedback
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Still rolling out, so some users may not see it right away. This is very much a prototype to help us learn more about how people feel talking to an AI – if you try it out, please send us your feedback!
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AI Agents Now Capable of Real Valuable Work
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AI agents are now capable of doing real, if bounded, work. But that work can be very valuable. For example, the new Claude Sonnet 4.5 was able to replicate published economics research from data files & the paper. We need to figure out what to do with it: