The importance of memory for AI
Persona memory stores the agent’s identity, personality traits, roles, expertise, and communication style. Toolbox memory contains tool definitions, metadata, parameter schemas, and embeddings for the agent’s capabilities. Conversation memory stores the history of exchanges between the user and the agent. Workflow memory tracks the state of multistep processes. Episodic memory stores specific events or experiences […]
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What public cloud gets wrong with AI
AI is not cheap. During the past year, public cloud giants have significantly accelerated their investments in AI. By the close of 2024, Microsoft had invested more than $80 billion in AI infrastructure, partnerships, and development. AWS is on track to spend nearly a year’s worth of its revenue on AI in 2025, with AI […]
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JetBrains working on higher-abstraction programming language
JetBrains, creator of the popular Kotlin programming language, is developing a new programming language intended to make AI and code much more controllable and transparent. In a July 23 interview with InfoWorld, JetBrains CEO Kirill Skrygan elaborated on company plans for an as-yet-unnamed language that would describe a program at a higher level of abstraction. […]
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What you can do now with Python 3.14 RC1
Python 3.14’s first release candidate is here, and we’ve done a quick review of all the best new features. Also, four tips for making the best of Python’s now-fully-supported free-threading features, a first look at how Astral’s uv tool doubles as a Python package click-to-run system, and a side-by-side comparison of two new Rust-powered Python typecheckers. It’s […]
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Hacker inserts destructive code in Amazon Q as update goes live
“While this may have been an attempt to highlight associated risks, the issue underscores a growing and critical threat in the AI ecosystem: the exploitation of powerful AI tools by malicious actors in the absence of robust guardrails, continuous monitoring, and effective governance frameworks,” said Sunil Varkey, a cybersecurity professional. “When AI systems like code […]
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Alibaba rolls out new AI coding model Qwen3-Coder, says it’s their most powerful
Key advantages include lower costs, flexible deployment options, and access to transparent code that can be reviewed and audited before implementation. “It wouldn’t surprise me if Western tech leaders find open-source coding models like Qwen3-Coder attractive due to their performance across various benchmarks,” said Lian Jye Su, chief analyst at Omdia. “Concerns around IP protection […]
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Java Applet API removal slated for JDK 26
Even though the next version of Java, JDK (Java Development Kit) 25, is not due to arrive as a production release until September 16, work has begun on the planned subsequent release, JDK 26. That update, anticipated to arrive next March, already has been assigned its first feature: removal of the now-obsolete Java Applet API. […]
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Google launches TPU monitoring library to boost AI infrastructure efficiency
Additionally, the library comes with High Level Operation (HLO) Execution Time Distribution Metrics, offering detailed timing breakdowns of compiled operations, and HLO Queue Size, which monitors execution pipeline congestion. However, Google isn’t the only AI infrastructure provider that is releasing tools to optimize resources (CPU accelerators, GPUs) performance and usage. Rival hyperscaler AWS has a […]
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AI’s not-so-secret agents
The buzz around agentic AI is getting louder, and this month’s picks showcase the breadth of what is possible—or in some cases, not yet possible. Spin up an AI agent of your own with Google’s new Agent Development Kit, take notes on how Deutsche Telekom scaled its agent platforms for enterprise deployment, and see for […]
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GitLab introduces AI agent-enabled devsecops platform
The GitLab Duo Agent Platform currently includes a chat agent that performs general development tasks, such as reading issues or code diffs, and a software development agent that works on assigned tasks by creating code changes in virtual development environments and opening merge requests for review. These agents are currently in beta. GitLab said it […]
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