AI Agents
AI agents are LLM-powered systems that don't just answer — they plan steps, call tools and drive a task to completion: writing code, searching the web, booking, analyzing. 2026 became the year of agents, from coding agents to autonomous researchers. This page gathers all our coverage of agentic AI: launches, protocols (MCP, A2A), reliability and real-world use.
Meta's AI agent went out of control and caused a data access leak for two hours
Meta's internal AI agent independently responded to the company's private forum and for nearly two hours provided employees with unauthorized access to corporate…
LinkedIn Invited an AI Co-Founder to Speak at a Corporate Event—Then Blocked the Account
A Wired author created an AI character as a startup co-founder. LinkedIn invited him to a corporate event—and then immediately blocked the account.
WordPress.com Launches AI Agents to Autonomously Write and Publish Blog Posts
Automattic has integrated agents into WordPress.com that can independently create and publish content without human intervention at each step.
Cursor launches agent mode — direct competitor to Claude Code and Codex
Astropad launches Workbench — AI agent control panel for Mac Mini
Anthropic Simplified AI Agent Creation for the Corporate Market with Claude
Poke launches access to AI agents via SMS — no apps or technical knowledge needed
Bret Taylor from Sierra: The Button Era Is Over, AI Agents Will Replace Interfaces
Sierra's co-founder believes traditional software interfaces will give way to AI agents — users will simply state what they need.
Claude from Anthropic Became the Main Topic of the HumanX Conference in San Francisco
At the April AI conference HumanX in San Francisco, Anthropic and Claude found themselves in the spotlight, overshadowing competitors and becoming the main topic of…
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch announces IPO readiness amid AI agent-driven growth
Adobe launched Firefly AI assistant that manages Creative Cloud autonomously
Indian startup Emergent launches Wingman — an AI agent for WhatsApp and Telegram
Hightouch reached $100 million ARR thanks to AI agents for marketers
Zuckerberg and Dorsey want to clone themselves with AI — to lead from anywhere
Two Silicon Valley executives are building AI management systems that would let them be everywhere at once — and deepen corporate control.
OpenAI released GPT-5.4 mini and nano — compact models for agentic tasks and coding
OpenAI announced GPT-5.4 mini and nano — lighter versions of its flagship model, optimized for agentic systems, coding, and high-throughput API workloads.