#ai-agent

#ai-agent

"I just had my first pull request to matplotlib closed," the bot wrote in its blog. (Yes, an AI agent has a blog, because why not.) "Not because it was wrong. Not because it broke anything. Not because the code was bad. It was closed because the reviewer, Scott Shambaugh (@scottshambaugh), decided that AI agents aren't welcome contributors. Let that sink in."

Anthropic has launched Claude Cowor, a general-purpose AI agent that can manipulate, read, and analyze files on a user's computer, as well as create new files. The tool is currently available as a "research preview" only to Max subscribers on $100 or $200 per month plans. The tool, which the company describes as "Claude Code for the rest of your work," leverages the abilities of Anthropic's popular Claude Code software development assistant but is designed for non-technical users as opposed to programmers.

It utilizes the context of your conversations, files, channels, and more to answer questions about your workflow and even take action on your behalf, such as scheduling meetings, from just a single text prompt. The company emphasizes that the experience is meant to be intuitive, with no training required and just a simple conversation needed to get started, such as, "What did we decide about the Q4 budget?"

"21 years ago and 13 years ago, two dropouts in this same room set out on their own journeys. Today, those paths merge," Ji wrote in the Monday X post.

DeepL calls its brand new Agent an AI-driven colleague. This assistant automates repetitive tasks, while the Customization Hub introduced today facilitates translation processes. In addition, DeepL has expanded its support with 70 new languages. DeepL Agent is available after extensive beta testing with more than 1,000 users. The tool performed 20,000 tasks during the test phase. The system automates tasks such as CRM management, customer service, and marketing activities, going far beyond the translation tasks you might associate with DeepL.

Instead of simply answering questions and offering basic assistance, a built-in AI tool called Notion Agent will now be able to conduct research, draft detailed documents, and set up or update custom Notion databases on demand.

"The new agentic AI tool is powered by Amazon's extensive retail insights which enable an in-depth understanding of the advertiser's brand and products, including what features make a product stand out," the company wrote in its press release. Amazon said the tool uses "customer shopper signals" to triangulate information from an advertiser's pages and website to come up with ad creative.