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🤖 AI Agents & Automation

Autonomous AI agents, agentic workflows, tool use, computer use, and multi-agent systems.

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Importance:Newscomputer use security threats

Google Gemini Can Now Control Your Computer. Hackers Are Already Targeting AI Agents

Google warns that websites can expose AI agents to hidden traps, raising new threat as agentic AI begins navigating the open web. Source: searchenginejournal.com

Importance:Launchmulti-model legal AI agent

Perplexity Launches Legal AI Platform: 20-Model Agent Targets Law Firm Workflows Above Westlaw

Legal AI platform Computer for Counsel, launched by Perplexity on June 24, routes tasks across 20-plus frontier AI models and links every answer to its... Source: techtimes.com

Importance:LaunchAI agents for crypto trading

Would You Let an AI Agent Trade Crypto For You? Here's What to Know About Coinbase's New AI Agent Tool.

On June 11, Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) launched a new product that lets an artificial intelligence (AI) agent operate a crypto trading account on your... Source: finance.yahoo.com

Importance:Newscomputer use

Gemini 3.5 Flash Computer Use: Everything We Know So Far

Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash update introduces 'Computer Use', finally giving its AI the built-in ability to see your screen and automate your desktop... Source: forbes.com

Importance:Newsagentic workflows in sales

SaaStr Books 614 Meetings With Inbound AI Agent

SaaStr founder Jason Lemkin reported at SaaStr AI Annual 2026 that the company's inbound AI agent, Amelia (running on Qualified), booked **614** qualified... Source: letsdatascience.com

Importance:Opinionagentic AI in legal settings

How to evolve toward agentic AI in legal settings

Agentic AI is emerging as a tool that courtrooms can leverage, but it demands a different conversation about accountability and oversight. Source: thomsonreuters.com

Importance:Launchcomputer use / Gemini agent capabilities

Gemini 3.5 Flash Can Now Use Computers Like Humans—Google's AI Agent Vision Takes Shape

Google has officially changed the AI agent race. In a major upgrade launched today, native “computer use” capabilities are now live within the flagship... Source: nokiapoweruser.com

Importance:NewsAI agent funding / healthcare

Trase lands $107M to scale AI agents for healthcare and high-stakes industries

The company will use the funds to expand its workforce and enhance its AI agent operating system. Source: mobihealthnews.com

Importance:Opinionagentic workflows and future of work

How agents are transforming work

Agentic AI changes the unit of knowledge work from single interactions to delegated, long-horizon tasks. Chatbot interactions are often short and... Source: openai.com

Importance:Opiniontool-using agents / local LLM

From Local LLM to Tool-Using Agent

You have just deployed a local LLM. Nice. But after the first few chats, you might be wondering: what else can I do with it? Source: towardsdatascience.com

Importance:OpinionAI agent accountability and governance

When AI Agents Fail, People Ask the Wrong Question About Why

When AI agents are applied in public institutions, the 'authorization' gap becomes a democratic accountability gap, writes Kida Chung-Ta Huang. Source: techpolicy.press

Importance:NewsAI agent infrastructure / latency

Akamai warns of an agentic AI 'latency crisis'

Up to 90% of an AI agent's runtime is CPU-side tool calling, not GPU inference; Akamai is pitching its 4,000-plus edge sites and AI Grid Orchestrator as the... Source: fierce-network.com

Importance:Newsagentic AI in scientific research

Agentic AI bot helps scientists speak to robots, speeding up experiments

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory use a slew of autonomous robots to design and implement experiments. Source: techxplore.com

Importance:Researchagentic workflow optimization

Improving the speed and energy-efficiency of AI agents

Murakkab” is a new automated system that streamlines the design of agentic workloads for AI applications and optimizes their deployment for customers,... Source: news.mit.edu

Importance:LaunchAI agent product launch

Salesforce launches Help Agent to simplify AI customer service deployment

Salesforce Inc. is launching a new prepackaged artificial intelligence agent for customer service, enabling organizations to build and deploy AI agents... Source: siliconangle.com

Importance:Launchagentic AI security/governance

Reco Agent Security helps organizations govern AI agents and reduce exposure

Reco announced Reco Agent Security, which expands the Reco Platform with advanced capabilities that prevent data exposure, unintended use and process... Source: helpnetsecurity.com

Importance:Newsenterprise agentic workflow

Simplifying device registration at Microsoft with an agentic AI assistant

Learn how our new GetConnected agentic AI assistant provides our employees with an easy, one-click option for registering and renewing their devices. Source: microsoft.com

Importance:Newsagentic AI cost/operations

AI cost challenges mount as agent use gets more complex: KPMG

Only 26% of organizations have real-time visibility into the cost of running AI at scale, the research found. Source: cfodive.com

Importance:Newsagent evaluation/testing

AI agent testing, explained

AI agent testing is the process of evaluating how AI agents plan, act, use tools and respond under real-world conditions. Source: ibm.com

Importance:Launchcomputer use

Introducing computer use in Gemini 3.5 Flash

Computer use is now a built-in tool in Gemini 3.5 Flash to build agents that can interact across platforms. M. Mateo Quiros. Source: blog.google