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AI agents: latest AI news
Autonomous and semi-autonomous AI agents: products, platforms, and what they change for builders.
Claude Duet app is Anthropic’s bet on agents
Source: TechCrunch
Anthropic’s Claude Duet app is its push into agents, and per TechCrunch it is available through a waitlist for Pro and Max plan users.
Why it mattersThe agent race is moving from APIs into products people use directly, which squeezes startups that sell a thin agent layer over someone else’s model. If you build agent software, be clear about what you do that a lab’s own app will not.
1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password
Source: TechCrunch
A new 1Password feature lets agents sign in to a customer's personal accounts while keeping the underlying credentials hidden from the agent.
Why it mattersHanding agents your passwords is the quiet blocker for letting them do real work. A pattern where the agent never sees the secret is the shape security teams will ask for, so it is worth designing for now.
Donating Agent Skills to the Agentic AI Foundation
Source: Simon Willison (quoting Anthropic)
Anthropic is donating the Agent Skills standard to the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation, the same home as the Model Context Protocol. Simon Willison notes he had predicted this move.
Why it mattersNeutral governance lowers the risk of building on a shared format for packaging agent abilities. If you are investing in skills or MCP tooling, this is a signal that those formats are meant to outlive any one vendor.
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