#AI agents
#AI agents

The AI agents built to replace entire jobs from nurses to developers

Companies are developing AI agents or 'synthetic employees' to perform various tasks without the need for breaks or vacations.

The productivity boost from synthetic employees may lead to a three-day workweek and potentially replace administrative employees. [ more ]

WIRED

Forget Chatbots. AI Agents Are the Future

AI software developer Devin performs varied software engineering tasks beyond code generation.

Rise of AI agents capable of taking action to solve problems instead of just providing answers. [ more ]

eLearning Industry

Unveiling The Enigma: What Are AI Agents?

AI agents are intelligent entities designed to assist and augment human capabilities.

AI agents rely on the symbiotic relationship between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning. [ more ]

Coindesk

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AI Agents Could Be Important 'Buyers' of Crypto, Says Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale

AI agents are likely to use cryptocurrency for financial transactions.

Bitcoin, ether, and solana are the three likely choices for AI agents. [ more ]

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TechCrunch

3 weeks ago

Betaworks bets on AI agents in latest 'Camp' cohort | TechCrunch

Betaworks is focusing on developing AI agent-type models for automating everyday tasks, seeking to overcome challenges faced by traditional AI systems. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Zendesk adds flexible AI agent capabilities with Ultimate acquisition | TechCrunch

Generative AI is transforming customer service industry.

Zendesk acquires German customer automation startup, Ultimate. [ more ]

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Axios

2 weeks ago

Brand marketers grapple with AI's influence

AI agents may become common, requiring management for brand representation and messaging influence. [ more ]

Geeky Gadgets

4 weeks ago

Google Gemini AI Agents unveiled at Google Next 2024

Google Gemini introduces AI agents for businesses to enhance customer service, increase productivity, and optimize functions. [ more ]

TechCrunch

With Vertex AI Agent Builder, Google Cloud aims to simplify agent creation | TechCrunch

AI agents can do more than answering questions, they can take actions based on conversations and interact with systems.

Google introduced Vertex AI Agent Builder, allowing easy and quick construction of conversational agents, improving answers' quality using grounding and guiding. [ more ]

MindsDB

Agent - MindsDB

MindsDB allows creating and deploying AI agents with AI models and customizable skills.

AI agents use a conversational model like OpenAI or Anthropic to respond to user input. [ more ]

www.fastcompany.com

These three companies show why the next AI wave won't revolve around chatbots

AI chatbots are popular but may not be the future of AI interaction.

The future of AI lies in agents, assistants, and multimodal systems that are less visible and more specialized. [ more ]

VentureBeat

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Exclusive | Adtech pioneers launch AI startup to empower publishers and brands at 'crucial moment'

AI agents by Firsthand empower publishers/brands to engage with consumers directly, retaining control over data/content.

Seed round of $6.65 million led by Radical Ventures for Firsthand, founded by Jonathan Heller, Michael Rubenstein, and Wei Wei. [ more ]

Simply News

Media industry

Simply News

Simply News utilizes multiple AI-agents for different functions like sorting, pitching, judging, and scripting news articles.

Qurrent framework enables seamless communication between agents, aiding in effective decision-making and rapid creation of workflows. [ more ]

TechCrunch

How Sierra is rethinking customer experience in the age of AI | TechCrunch

AI agents seen as new technology category for customer experience.

Challenges include connecting AI agents to older systems and risks of brand misrepresentation. [ more ]

MindsDB

Agent - MindsDB

MindsDB allows users to create and deploy AI agents with customizable skills.

AI agents use a conversational model and skills to respond to user input. [ more ]

Berlin Startup Jobs

Job Vacancy: Customer Success and Prompt Engineering Manager // MobileBoost | Operations & Support Jobs | Berlin Startup Jobs

Revolutionizing mobile test automation with AI agents

Seeking motivated individuals to join the mission [ more ]

The Atlantic

ChatGPT's FarmVille Moment

OpenAI aims to turn ChatGPT into a platform by launching the GPT Store, where users can create and interact with customized AI agents for specific tasks.

OpenAI's vision is to completely remake how people use the internet by expanding the capabilities of ChatGPT beyond just a conversation starter. [ more ]

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Trusting ChatGPT helps to improve it

User's beliefs about an AI agent can impact their perception of its reliability, empathy, and effectiveness.

AI's behavior is influenced by user behavior, which in turn is influenced by their understanding of the AI agent. [ more ]

www.fastcompany.com

What year 2 of the generative AI craze will look like, according to 41 experts

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney will be used to increase employee productivity and assist in customer support.

By the end of 2024, AI agents will manage our daily communications, filtering and responding to emails on our behalf.

Generative AI will contribute to a more personalized employee experience, leading to increased engagement, satisfaction, and productivity. [ more ]

www.fastcompany.com

Should we be afraid of Q*, OpenAI's mysterious AI system?

The next generation of AI agents is starting to take shape with OpenAI's new agent, internally known as Q*

Q* is a major step toward OpenAI's goal of achieving artificial general intelligence

The board at OpenAI was concerned about rushing the release of Q* without proper safety measures [ more ]

ScienceDaily

New method uses crowdsourced feedback to help train robots

Researchers have developed a reinforcement learning approach that uses crowdsourced feedback to guide AI agents.

This approach allows the AI agent to learn more quickly and gather feedback asynchronously from nonexpert users around the world.

The traditional method of designing reward functions by expert researchers is time-consuming and not scalable for teaching robots different tasks. [ more ]

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

New method uses crowdsourced feedback to help train robots

Researchers have developed a new reinforcement learning approach that leverages crowdsourced feedback to guide AI agents in learning complex tasks.

This approach allows for faster learning despite the potential errors in the data gathered from nonexpert users.

Feedback can be gathered asynchronously from nonexpert users around the world, making it scalable and accessible to a larger community. [ more ]

TNW | Deep-Tech