Artificial Intelligence

Tencent's August 2025 release of Cognitive Kernel Pro pairs an open framework with an 8B model that reports state-of-the-art GAIA results. Here is why it resets reliability, evaluation, and cost for enterprise agents.

Citigroup is running a four to six week pilot of agentic AI for 5,000 employees inside Stylus Workspaces, using models like Gemini and Claude. Here is how the bank is enforcing budgets, human oversight, and audit trails, and the playbook others can reuse.

Perplexity launched a $200 per month Email Assistant for Gmail and Outlook that triages, drafts, and schedules when you CC an agent. This review breaks down the features, ROI math, and how it stacks up against Copilot and Gemini to see when a premium, single-purpose inbox copilot actually pays off.

MBZUAI’s K2 Think signals a shift to smaller, faster reasoning systems. With long chain-of-thought, verifiable RL, and plan-first prompting, a 32B model can rival giants while staying deployable.

OpenAI’s frontier models now meet Databricks’ lakehouse controls, turning agent pilots into production programs. See how identity, retrieval-to-action, observability, and cost governance align on the data plane, plus build patterns, risk tactics, and a practical 30-60-90 rollout.

Anthropic now lets consumer users opt in to training Claude on their chats, with data kept for up to five years. See what changed, how it compares to OpenAI and Google, and a practical plan for builders.

AI agents can now place real orders, which breaks long-held assumptions in online payments. AP2 turns fuzzy intent into signed, verifiable mandates that merchants, PSPs, and issuers can trust across cards, bank transfers, and stablecoins.

Okta’s Cross App Access turns identity into the control plane for AI agents. See how XAA curbs agent sprawl, enforces least privilege, complements MCP, and how to roll it out with a practical, step by step playbook.

Code in the September 22-23 developer betas points to system-level support for Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol inside App Intents. Here is how that could unlock secure cross-app agents on iPhone and Mac and what developers should do now.

Microsoft is bringing Anthropic’s Claude to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio, enabling true model choice. Here is what changes, the governance you need, and a 30-day integration plan.

Agentforce 3 pairs FedRAMP High authorization with automatic model failover, stronger governance, and a growing action marketplace. Here is what CIOs need to know about reliability, observability, pricing, and a blueprint to scale production agents.

Algolia’s Agent Studio puts hybrid search, tools, and observability at the center of agent design. Here is why retrieval-first architecture cuts hallucinations and cost, and how it compares with AWS Bedrock AgentCore and GitLab Duo.

In late September 2025, Citi began piloting autonomous AI agents inside Stylus Workspaces for 5,000 employees. Here is what changed, why multi-model orchestration matters, and a rollout blueprint with KPIs, controls, and incident playbooks any regulated enterprise can copy.

OpenAI just made ChatGPT proactive. Pulse, announced on September 25, 2025, and ChatGPT Agent (July 17, 2025) reshape product strategy. Use this safety-first playbook to build permissioned, proactive assistants.

Million-token prompts just moved from demo to default, and it is changing how teams build AI agents. Learn why stacks are shifting from RAG-heavy pipelines to in-context, tool-rich workflows, plus a practical migration plan you can ship.

In 2025, formal agent evaluations exposed how browser and tool-using agents are uniquely vulnerable to hijacking. Here is what red teams exploit and a secure-by-default rollout you can ship now.

Databricks is embedding OpenAI’s latest reasoning models directly into its Data Intelligence Platform and Agent Bricks, giving enterprises governed, high-capacity agents that work on in-place data. Here is what the deal changes, how to ship value in 90 days, and what to watch next.

Google’s Agent Payments Protocol landed in September 2025 with a clear promise: give AI agents a safe, interoperable way to pay. With signed mandates and stablecoin-ready rails, AP2 aims to make agent-led purchases auditable, policy governed, and portable across platforms.