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Google I/O 2025: AI Mode in Search Gets Agentic Capabilities and a Shopping Experience

Google I/O 2025: AI Mode in Search Gets Agentic Capabilities and a Shopping Experience

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Google’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) feature in Search, AI Mode, is now getting multiple new capabilities. Announced at Google I/O 2025 on Tuesday, the Mountain View-based tech giant is now making the AI-powered end-to-end search experience more capable and useful. The mode is getting new features such as a reasoning mode, Live Search, agentic capabilities to reserve a table at a restaurant, and new shopping tools. The AI Mode in Search and the new features will currently only be available in the US. AI Mode in Search Gets Smarter In a blog post, the tech giant detailed the new features coming to AI Mode. It is a comprehensive version of AI Overviews, where users can ask complex queries which would otherwise require running multiple searches. AI Mode uses a query fan-out technique, where it breaks down user queries into subtopics and runs multiple search queries simultaneously to find and show the relevant information. Google said that starting this week, AI Mode and AI Overviews in the US will be powered by a custom version of …

Amazon Web Services Is Reportedly Working On an AI-Powered Coding Agent

Amazon Web Services Is Reportedly Working On an AI-Powered Coding Agent

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is reportedly working on an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can generate code in real-time. As per the report, the project is internally being called Kiro, and it can tap into AI agents to complete complex coding tasks. The tool is said to be a comprehensive system capable of writing code, designing user interfaces (UIs), identifying glitches and bugs, and optimising existing code. It is said that the agentic tool is similar to Amazon Q, but broader in scope and capabilities. Amazon is reportedly planning to launch Kiro in June. Amazon Is Reportedly Working on Coding Agent Kiro According to a Business Insider report, Amazon’s cloud computing platform AWS is developing an AI system with agentic capabilities that can handle end-to-end coding tasks. Citing an internal document obtained by the publication, the report claimed that Kiro can leverage AI agents to analyse user prompts and databases to generate code in “near real-time.” Kiro is said to be developed as both a web app and a desktop app, which can connect to …

ElevenLabs Unveils Agent Transfer Feature to Share Data Between AI Agents

ElevenLabs Unveils Agent Transfer Feature to Share Data Between AI Agents

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ElevenLabs introduced a new enterprise-focused feature on Monday that will allow artificial intelligence (AI) agents to communicate with each other. Dubbed Agent Transfer, the feature transfers a conversation from one agent to another when specific conditions are met. The first agent also shares the previous conversation data with the onboarding agent to help it contextualise the information and carry forward the conversation. The AI audio-focused company says this feature will allow businesses to build parallel AI agents with different specialisations. ElevenLabs Introduces a New Agentic Feature In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), the AI firm announced the release of the new agentic feature. Agent Transfer is part of Conversational AI and allows two AI agents to communicate and share conversations. It is currently available to enterprises, but the company has not mentioned if the capability will be priced separately or will be part of the existing plans. ElevenLabs has also detailed how developers can set this capability via the Conversational AI in a support page. As businesses increasingly adopt AI agents into …

OpenAI Unveils Codex CLI, an Open-Source Agentic Coding Assistant That Can Operate Locally

OpenAI Unveils Codex CLI, an Open-Source Agentic Coding Assistant That Can Operate Locally

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OpenAI introduced an open‑source artificial intelligence (AI) command‑line tool on Thursday that can operate within a user’s terminal. Dubbed Codex CLI, it is essentially an AI agent that can perform various coding tasks and can even autonomously execute commands, all within a sandboxed local system. The tool does not require any installation setup, and can use multiple OpenAI AI models. However, the open-source project is currently under active development, and the AI firm warns that it might not be entirely stable. OpenAI’s New Open-Source AI Agent Can Code Locally The San Francisco-based AI firm introduced Codex CLI in a post on its website. Calling it a “lightweight coding agent,” the company said it can read, modify, and run code in a user’s terminal. The AI agent runs locally and does not require any Internet connectivity to function. It officially supports macOS and Linux, however, Windows support is experimental and might require Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). OpenAI’s Codex CLI is an interesting project. Today, developers have two options if they want to use AI systems …

Adobe Previews Agentic AI Tools Across Acrobat, Photoshop and Premiere Pro

Adobe Previews Agentic AI Tools Across Acrobat, Photoshop and Premiere Pro

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Adobe shared a sneak peek of several under-development artificial intelligence (AI) agents across its platforms on Wednesday. The San Jose-based software giant is currently looking at how agentic tools can complete manual tasks to free up users to focus on creativity and productivity-based tasks. Adobe is building several AI agents for Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Acrobat, Adobe Express, and even Creative Cloud, that can make the creation and editing process easier for users. Notably, most of the previewed AI agents are currently not available to users, as the company is still working on them. Adobe Previews AI Agents Across Product Lineup In a blog post, the tech giant detailed the different AI agents it is currently working on. AI agents have become somewhat of a loosely used buzzword, with different companies defining it differently. But in essence, it is described as an AI system with a central intelligence and access to external tools that can not only analyse a problem and generate a solution, but can also take actions using tools to complete tasks autonomously. Adobe’s …

OpenAI Begins Rolling Out Its Operator AI Agent in Several Regions

OpenAI Begins Rolling Out Its Operator AI Agent in Several Regions

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OpenAI began rolling out its artificial intelligence (AI) agent Operator in several countries on Friday. The agentic tool was so far available in preview to ChatGPT Pro users residing in the US, after the company introduced it in January. Equipped with a dedicated browser, the Operator is a general-purpose AI agent that can autonomously perform tasks online based on prompts given by the user. While the AI agent is now available in several major regions, the AI firm said it will not be available in European countries. OpenAI’s Operator AI Agent Finally Rolls Out In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), the official handle of OpenAI announced the rollout of the AI agent. The company said that Operator will now be available to ChatGPT Pro users in “Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the UK, and most places ChatGPT is available.” Notably, the tool is already available to those residing in the US. However, the company also added that European countries will have to wait a bit longer before they get …

GitHub Copilot Upgraded With Agent Mode and Gemini 2.0 Flash, Project Padawan Unveiled

GitHub Copilot Upgraded With Agent Mode and Gemini 2.0 Flash, Project Padawan Unveiled

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GitHub Copilot, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for the coding platform, is getting several new features. Announced on Thursday, the company is adding a new agent mode to the chatbot that can automatically iterate on code generated by it and analyse errors. Alongside, the Microsoft-owned platform also made Copilot Edits generally available, which was first announced at the GitHub Universe in October 2024. The company also took the curtains off Project Padawan, the platform’s first software engineer (SWE) AI agent. GitHub Is Introducing New Features to Copilot Just a week after GitHub added the DeepSeek-R1 AI model to its platform, the company has made several improvements to the Copilot AI chatbot. As detailed in a blog post, the coding platform is now introducing a new agent mode to the chatbot. The agent mode in GitHub Copilot will be more independent and proactive compared to the usual chatbot. It can iterate on its own code, recognise errors, and fix them without requiring intervention from a human user. It also comes with the ability to analyse run-time …

OpenAI unveils tool to automate web tasks as AI agents take center-stage | Technology News

OpenAI unveils tool to automate web tasks as AI agents take center-stage | Technology News

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Generative artificial intelligence heavyweight OpenAI on Thursday previewed an AI agent that can carry out tasks on the web for users, as it seeks to enhance its chatbot amid intensifying competition. The tool, called Operator, is powered by a model that allows it to interact with on-screen buttons, menus and text fields. “This capability marks the next step in AI development, allowing models to use the same tools humans rely on daily and opening the door to a vast range of new applications,” the company said in a blog post. Operator can perform a variety of tasks, like creating to-do lists or assisting with vacation planning. It also takes user input once it decides a task is complete and seeks confirmation for some tasks, such as entering login details on a website. The tool is currently available to Pro users in the U.S. as a research preview, the Microsoft-backed startup said. Agents, which are systems that can execute actions such as making purchases and scheduling meetings without direct human intervention, are now at the forefront …

Enterprise IT Facing Imminent AI Agent Revolution

Enterprise IT Facing Imminent AI Agent Revolution

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The days of AI acting solely as a predictive tool or chatbot are numbered. Armand Ruiz, IBM’s vice president of product management for its AI platform, told delegates at the SXSW Festival in Australia this week that AI agents will soon allow enterprises in the APAC region to automate complex, multi-step tasks, freeing employees to focus on more human-centric activities. Ruiz explained that AI technologies have evolved from predictive models in traditional machine learning to the widespread use of chatbots. He predicted that the next leap will usher in an “agentic era,” where specialised AI agents collaborate with humans to drive organisational efficiencies. “We have a long way to go to get AI to allow us to do all these routine tasks and do it in a way that is reliable, and then do it in a way that you can scale it, and then you can explain it, and you can monitor it,” Ruiz told the crowd. “But we’re going to get there, and we’re going to get there faster than we think.” What …