Agents

Stripe Engineers Deploy Minions, Autonomous Agents Producing Thousands of Pull Requests Weekly

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Engineers at Stripe have developed Minions, autonomous coding agents capable of completing software development tasks end-to-end from a single instruction. The system integrates large language models (LLMs) with internal developer tooling to generate production-ready pull requests with minimal human intervention. Stripe engineers reported that Minions now produce over 1,300 pull requests per week, up from … Read more

Microsoft Agent Framework RC Simplifies Agentic Development in .NET and Python

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Microsoft has announced that the Microsoft Agent Framework has reached Release Candidate status for both .NET and Python. This milestone indicates that the API surface is stable and feature-complete for what is planned in version 1.0, setting the stage for an upcoming general availability release. For developers building AI-powered assistants or complex agentic systems, this … Read more

Apple Researchers Introduce Ferret-UI Lite, an On-Device AI Model for Seeing and Controlling UIs

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Apple’s Ferret-UI Lite is a 3B-parameter model optimized for mobile and desktop screens, designed to interpret screen images, understand UI elements such as icons and text, and interact with apps by, e.g., reading messages, checking health data, and more. The study centers on building compact, on-device GUI agents capable of directly interacting with graphical user … Read more

2026 CFL free agency: LIVE

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Photo: 3DownNation Editor’s note: this page does not automatically refresh. Please do so periodically. 2:31 p.m. EST — The Ottawa Redblacks have confirmed the signing of strongside linebacker C.J. Reavis. Somehow, someway, they let Adarius Pickett go and still managed to upgrade with a two-time All-CFL player at the position. 2:28 p.m. EST — Defensive … Read more

Google Supercharges Gemini 3 Flash with Agentic Vision

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Google has added agentic vision to Gemini 3 Flash, combining visual reasoning with code execution to “ground answers in visual evidence”. According to Google, this not only improves accuracy, but more importantly unlocks entirely new AI-driven behaviors. Briefly, rather than analyzing an image in a single pass, Gemini 3 Flash now approaches vision as an … Read more

Microsoft Adds Custom Copilot Agents for .NET Developers with C# and WinForms Experts

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Microsoft and GitHub have expanded the Copilot ecosystem with the first .NET-focused GitHub Copilot custom agents, designed to improve productivity and code quality for C# and Windows Forms developers. The announcement, part of the broader Copilot custom agents’ rollout, introduces two purpose-built agents: C# Expert and WinForms Expert in the form of agent instruction Markdown … Read more

How CyberArk Protects AI Agents with Instruction Detectors and History-Aware Validation

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To prevent LLMs and agents from obeying malicious instructions embedded in external data, all text entering an agent’s context, not just user prompts, must be treated as untrusted until validated, says Niv Rabin, principal software architect at AI-security firm CyberArk. His team developed an approach based on instruction detection and history-aware validation to protect against … Read more

Dapr’s microservices runtime now supports AI agents

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Back in 2019, Microsoft open-sourced Dapr, a new runtime for making building distributed microservice-based applications easier. At the time, nobody was talking about AI agents yet, but as it turns out, Dapr had some of the fundamental building blocks for supporting AI agents built-in from the outset. That’s because one of Dapr’s core features is … Read more

FBI Director Kash Patel Eyes UFC Partnership for Agent Martial Arts Training

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Archyde FBI Explores Potential Partnership with UFC for Enhanced Agent Training Table of Contents 1. FBI Explores Potential Partnership with UFC for Enhanced Agent Training 2. A Proposal for Enhanced Martial Arts Training 3. Expert Opinions on the Potential Benefits 4. Precedent for MMA and Law Enforcement Collaboration 5. Political Ties and Potential Implications 6. … Read more

FBI director Kash Patel reportedly considering relationship with UFC to train agents in martial arts

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New FBI director Kash Patel is looking to beef up the training his agents receive and that may result in a relationship with the UFC. During a teleconference on Wednesday with the 55 heads of the various FBI field offices across the United States, Patel reportedly proposed enhancing the agency’s martial arts training with help … Read more