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Expanding the Role of AI Agents Beyond Code Generation
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codex can write code, yes but the more interesting part is how much of the work around code it can now do: review PRs, add evals, turn Figma into UI, QA app flows, triage bugs, clean data, update docs, pull tasks from Slack/iMessage, and understand large codebases the use
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Grok introduces ‘Skills’ for persistent custom AI agent capabilities
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Grok Skills just dropped. Build custom abilities once. Save to "My Skills". Reuse forever. Specialized writers. Research agents. Code assistants. Whatever workflow you run daily. Grok now learns it permanently.
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Google transforms Android into AI platform
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Google just turned Android into an AI delivery vehicle at its #TheAndroidShow event. New Gemini-native laptops. The phone OS is becoming a system-wide intelligence layer. The cursor is now an agent. It was a big day of releases, and I/O isn't even here yet. The most notable
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Silent removal of ChatGPT Study Mode criticized for harming learning
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The silent removal of Study Mode from ChatGPT is a big mistake (both Claude and Gemini still have theirs) We have enough evidence that using AI in assistant mode to study can hurt learning because it just gives you answers, making students think they learned when they have not.
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Understanding GBrain: A Self-Wiring Knowledge System for AI Agents
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What actually is GBrain? (Y Combinator CEO's personal agent brain) Every agent memory tool you've seen solves a simple problem: store facts, retrieve facts. GBrain solves a different one. It gives your agent a knowledge system that wires itself, enriches itself, and compounds
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Mini Shai-Hulud attack threatens AI coding workflows like CI and hooks
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the Mini Shai-Hulud attack is scary because it attacks new AI coding workflows like CI, editor hooks, agent configs, etc
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Gemini Intelligence deeply integrates into Android before Apple’s revamped Siri
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Gemini Intelligence turns Android into a more proactive AI system that can automate multi-step tasks across apps, browse and autofill.
— Chubby♨️ (@kimmonismus) 12 mai 2026
Two things are noteworthy here:
1) They're using the time to deeply integrate Gemini into the OS before Apple releases its revamped Siri (which… https://t.co/RsptiU4OoS pic.twitter.com/DdVDEt102sGemini Intelligence turns Android into a more proactive AI system that can automate multi-step tasks across apps, browse and autofill. Two things are noteworthy here: 1) They're using the time to deeply integrate Gemini into the OS before Apple releases its revamped Siri (which
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Governance Challenges of Autonomous AI Agents in Enterprise
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The governance model is already behind. Most organizations just haven't felt it yet. @AstraZeneca
's Brian Dummann live at #Rev26 right now: most frameworks were built for a human reviewing an output. Once agents start invoking each other, that loop doesn't exist anymore. -
AI Agents Workflow: Codex, Claude Code, and Hermes Orchestration
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Codex /goal builds it.
— Shubham Saboo (@Saboo_Shubham_) 12 mai 2026
Claude Code /goal review and refines it.
Hermes /goal manages the orchestration and handoff.
All tracked on a single Kanban Board and agents keep running in the loop. pic.twitter.com/WAIr8zCP4oCodex /goal builds it. Claude Code /goal review and refines it. Hermes /goal manages the orchestration and handoff. All tracked on a single Kanban Board and agents keep running in the loop.