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xpander.ai’s Agent Graph System makes AI agents more reliable, gives them info step-by-step

It enables AI agents to achieve a 98% success rate in multi-step tasks, compared to just 24% for agents using traditional methods.
Tech - VentureBeat - 5 hours ago
How to get started with AI agents (and do it right)

When should enterprises build custom in-house AI agents, adopt third-party models, or use open source tools?
Tech - VentureBeat - November 14
The new paradigm: Architecting the data stack for AI agents

Discover how to build a robust data stack for your AI agents and unlock the full potential of generative AI.
Tech - VentureBeat - November 14
AI agents’ momentum won’t stop in 2025

Interest in AI agents is high, and as enterprises get more comfortable with agents, 2025 may be the year AI agents finally go into production.
Tech - VentureBeat - November 14
2025: The year ‘invisible’ AI agents will integrate into enterprise hierarchies

Ultimately, AI agents will be able to perceive (process and interpret data), plan, act (with or without a human in the loop), reflect, learn from feedback and improve over time.
Tech - VentureBeat - November 14
How Sema4.ai is empowering business users to deploy AI agents in minutes

Many early AI agents tend to be singularly-purposed or IT-driven. Sema4.ai says it is the differentiator for diverse horizontal use cases.
Tech - VentureBeat - November 14
Obama's Secret Service agent breached security to have an affair: Memoir

A Secret Service agent assigned to Barack Obama was breaching security while leading a double life, according to a memoir by the agent's former girlfriend.
Top stories - ABC News - November 13
Free agent superstar Juan Soto is about to break the bank — and baseball

The New York Yankees slugger is expected to sign a deal north of $600 million that will come close to the real-dollar value of Shohei Ohtani's $700 million pact.
Top stories - NBC News - November 13
Four things enterprises need to think about for effective agents

Writer CEO May Habib explains the four things companies need to know before setting off on their agentic AI journey.
Tech - VentureBeat - November 12
How agentic RAG can be a game-changer for data processing and retrieval

Organizations have already started upgrading from vanilla RAG pipelines to agentic RAG, thanks to the wide availability of large language models with function calling capabilities and new agentic ...
Tech - VentureBeat - November 12
Snowflake’s ‘data agents’ leverage enterprise apps so you don’t have to

The platform for data agents enables teams to easily and safely advance their businesses with data-driven insights they can act on to deliver measurable impact.
Tech - VentureBeat - November 12
Iranian Agents Plotted to Kill Trump, U.S. Says in Unsealed Charges

The allegation came in a complaint that said Masih Alinejad, a Brooklyn activist, had been the target of a second assassination attempt.
Top stories - The New York Times - November 9
Co-founders of militia group convicted of attempting to murder federal agents

Two men had also planned to go to Texas and kill asylum seekers as well as border agents who would try to stop them. Two men who co-founded a militia group have been convicted of attempting to ...
World - The Guardian - November 9
M.L.B. All-Free-Agent Team Highlights Options at Each Position

The 26-man roster illustrates the ample options for a needy rotation, bullpen or outfield corner.
Sports - The New York Times - November 8
Donald Trump Isn’t the Only Chaos Agent

He’s not even the biggest one. Monumental change will instead come from tech—from AI.
Tech - Wired - November 8
Report: Giants ‘most interested' in signing free-agent shortstop Kim

The San Francisco Giants reportedly are the team expressing the most interest in free-agent shortstop Ha-Seong Kim.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 7
MLB free agent rankings: Top 20 overall

Juan Soto and Corbin Burnes headline the 2024-25 MLB free agent class. Here's a look at the top 20 players on the open market.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 4
Mets decline Phil Maton's option for 2025, making him a free agent

The Mets are declining the 2025 option on reliever Phil Maton, whom they acquired from the Rays last season.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 4
Former Bad Education actor left without cash by rogue agent

A talent agent who supplied actors to shows on the BBC and Netflix withheld cash due to them, former clients claim.
Top stories - BBC News - November 4
Why multi-agent AI tackles complexities LLMs can’t

While AGI and fully autonomous systems are still on the horizon, multi-agents will bridge the current gap between LLMs and AGI.
Tech - VentureBeat - November 2
MLB free agent rankings: Top 10 outfielders

Here are the top 10 MLB outfielders set to become free agents this offseason.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 2
Juan Soto Leads a Star-Studded Group of M.L.B. Free Agents

This winter’s class looks a bit better than last year’s dismal group, a columnist for The Athletic writes.
Sports - The New York Times - November 1
Snell unsurprisingly opts out of Giants contract, becomes free agent

Blake Snell officially opted out of the second year of his San Francisco Giants contract and is an MLB free agent this offseason.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 1
Meet ‘Generation Windfall’: coming to an estate agent near you

Fears of tax rises at the Budget have sent the Bank of Mum and Dad into overdrive
World - Financial Times - November 1
Where the Top 45 M.L.B. Free Agents Will Play Next Season

Juan Soto could be the second player in league history to sign a contract worth more than $600 million.
Sports - The New York Times - October 31
MLB free agent rankings: Top five shortstops

Here are the top five MLB shortstops set to hit free agency this offseason.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 31
MLB free agent rankings: Top five third basemen

Here are the top five MLB third basemen set to become free agents this offseason.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 31
MLB free agent rankings: Top 10 starting pitchers

Here are the top 10 MLB starting pitchers set to become free agents this winter.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 31
From Soto to Jansen, here are MLB's top 50 free agents

This Major League Baseball offseason's free agent class is headlined by a generational hitter, but it's also full of fascinating players at a variety of positions.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 31
The change agent v the tyrant: Harris’s big speech focuses on Trump

The Democratic nominee mentioned Trump by name 24 times at the Washington DC event, before pivoting to hope. Whither the politics of joy? Kamala Harris ’s solid if unspectacular closing argument ...
World - The Guardian - October 30
Gartner predicts AI agents will transform work, but disillusionment is growing

Gen AI is one of the hottest and hyped topics today. However, enterprise leaders are becoming skeptical about its near-term usefulness.
Tech - VentureBeat - October 28
A look at Phillies' free agents and arbitration players

Breaking down the Phillies' free agents and arbitration-eligible players this offseason.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 28
Coronato's Agent Seemingly Criticizes GM and Teammate Amid Flames' AHL Decision

The agent didn't post the tweet, but he reposted someone else's, hinting that the agency and perhaps the player aren't too happy.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 27
ServiceNow advocates for ‘invisible’ AI agents to ease worker adoption

ServiceNow vice president of AI Dorit Zilbershot believes employees will be more accepting of AI agents when they don't even know they're using AI agents.
Tech - VentureBeat - October 25
Clippers reportedly give P.J. Tucker's agent permission to find trade

Tucker remains away from the Clippers. The 76ers, Heat, Bucks and Suns are rumored to be interested.
Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 25
Anthropic’s agentic Computer Use is giving people ‘superpowers’

Claude uses a computer essentially as a human does. People are using it for coding, researching, 'drudge work' and even to hail Uber rides.
Tech - VentureBeat - October 24
DeepMind’s Talker-Reasoner framework brings System 2 thinking to AI agents

Talker-Reasoner is inspired by the two-system thinking cognitive framework proposed by Daniel Kahneman.
Tech - VentureBeat - October 24