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Everyone’s a Prompt Engineer Now

Artificial intelligence existed for decades before ChatGPT, but it mostly operated behind the scenes—powering recommendation engines, detecting fraud, and optimizing logistics. Back then, technical professionals like engineers and data scientists were the ones steering these systems. But with the rise of generative AI in the workplace, anyone can now instruct the bots on what to […]

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Linux Foundation Takes Charge of AGNTCY to Build the Open Internet of AI Agents

Two of the most influential interoperability standards for AI agents are now under the stewardship of the Linux Foundation, marking a major step towards an open, interconnected agent ecosystem. The nonprofit organization announced on Tuesday that it is now custodian of the AGNTCY project, an initiative backed by Cisco, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Gaileo, and Glean. This […]

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What Salesforce Discovered by Letting AI Run Its Help Portal

Salesforce isn’t shy about how it’s using its products, especially its agent development platform. When it comes to embracing AI agents, the enterprise tech firm has openly touted that it’s “drinking its own champagne.” Since Agentforce’s launch, CEO Marc Benioff has used every opportunity to showcase how the service is helping bolster his company’s help […]

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Daily AI Users at Work Report Higher Productivity and Job Satisfaction, Says Slack

Marc Benioff’s vision of a digital labor force is no longer hypothetical—it’s starting to take shape. Days after his company, Salesforce, launched its fourth-generation agentic development platform capable of scaling AI agents across business use cases, its subsidiary Slack released its latest Workforce Index report, which shows AI gaining acceptance among workers. According to the […]

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Salesforce Wants to Scale Digital Labor. Agentforce 3 Is the Plan.

Salesforce is scaling up its agentic development platform, adding features to help organizations embrace the hybrid workforce paradigm. Agentforce 3 is the latest in a series of rapid-fire innovations from the enterprise tech giant. This release introduces a new Command Center for overseeing AI agents, adds support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) across Agentforce […]

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Okta’s New Protocol Tackles the Security Blind Spot of AI Agents in the Enterprise

Identity and security platform Okta is introducing a new protocol designed to protect organizations as they transition to an agentic future. Cross App Access is created to minimize security risks as teams leverage these autonomous bots for work. The company claims it’ll remove the need for repetitive authorization consent screens and make agents more secure […]

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From Sunday Scaries to Late-Night Meetings: Microsoft Confirms the Workday Has No Off Switch

The traditional 9-to-5 workday is rapidly unraveling, replaced by what Microsoft calls the “infinite workday,” a nonstop cycle that begins even before we’re out of bed and stretches late into the night and also into the weekends. The line between work and life has all but disappeared. Microsoft argues that without meaningful change, this trend […]

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Salesforce Snaps Up Moonhub Team as AI Hiring Arms Race Escalates

Barely a week has passed since its last acquisition, and Salesforce is already adding another startup to its roster. This time, the enterprise tech firm is picking up the team behind Moonhub, an AI-powered recruiting platform. But the deal appears modest as only some of the startup’s employees are reportedly joining Salesforce, and Moonhub itself […]

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Microsoft’s Project Amelie Is an Experiment in ‘AI Developing AI’

Microsoft Build featured a flurry of product announcements. But beyond the official launches, the company also offered a glimpse into its frontier projects—experimental inventions that may never be released to the public but serve to showcase the ideas Microsoft is exploring. One such effort is codenamed Project Amelie, an AI agent capable of building machine […]

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Microsoft Pushes AI to the Edge

IN THIS ISSUE: Microsoft pushes AI innovation to the edge. Will OpenAI crack the AI hardware market, a space where many have stumbled, after acquiring Sir Jony Ive’s AI startup for nearly $6.5 billion? Plus, catch up on this week’s key headlines you might have missed, including what was announced at Google I/O and the […]