#Automation

Validating AI Agents: Beyond Rigid Tests

GitHub Blog explores how to validate AI agent behavior when correctness isn't deterministic, moving beyond rigid scripts to focus on essential outcomes.

AI Job Apocalypse: A Myth

The "AI job apocalypse" is a myth rooted in the lump-of-labor fallacy; history shows technology creates more jobs than it destroys by boosting productivity and demand.

AI Is Rewriting Enterprise IT Integration

AI is poised to revolutionize system integration, a complex and costly IT process, by automating tasks previously requiring legions of expensive human consultants.

Anthropic Unleashes Finance AI Agents

Anthropic launches ten new AI agent templates for financial services, integrating with Microsoft 365 and expanding data access to automate key workflows.

Build Dumb AI Loops That Ship with Chris Parsons

Chris Parsons of Cherrypick discusses how to build effective AI loops and products by focusing on simplicity and iteration.

AI Agents are Taking Over More Than Just Coding

AI agents are increasingly handling tasks beyond coding, from design to research and data management, boosting productivity and enabling 'tiny teams'.

Sakana AI, SMBC Automate Deal Proposals

Sakana AI and SMBC Group have launched an AI application that uses multiple agents to automate proposal generation for wholesale banking clients.

Black Ore Tax Autopilot Goes Wide

Black Ore's AI platform, Tax Autopilot, is now widely available, automating tax preparation for CPA firms and addressing industry talent shortages.

Cursor SDK Lets Developers Build Agents

Cursor's new SDK allows developers to build and deploy custom AI coding agents, abstracting infrastructure complexity and offering flexible deployment options.

Databricks Touts AI-Powered Data Pipelines

Databricks unveils Genie Code, an AI agent for Lakeflow, to automate data pipeline creation, orchestration, and debugging via natural language.

TriFetch raises $1.9M for clinic automation

TriFetch secures $1.9M in pre-seed funding to automate administrative tasks like calls, referrals, and prior authorizations for specialty clinics.

Choco Supercharges Food Supply Chains with OpenAI

Choco taps OpenAI's AI to automate millions of food orders, slashing manual work and boosting efficiency across global supply chains.

OpenAI Agents Automate Weekly Metrics Reporting

OpenAI demonstrates how its agents, like 'Tally', can automate weekly product metrics reporting by integrating with Google Sheets and ChatGPT.

Codex: Mastering OpenAI's AI Workspace

Explore how to effectively manage AI workflows with OpenAI's Codex, focusing on threads, projects, and real-time task steering for enhanced productivity.

Codex: 10 Ways to Work Smarter

OpenAI's Codex model is being positioned to automate tasks, generate content, and synthesize data for professionals across various functions.

OpenAI Agents Automate Weekly Product Metrics Reporting

OpenAI agents can now automate the generation of weekly product metrics reports, integrating with Google Drive and using custom skills developed with ChatGPT.

OpenAI Unveils 'Trove': AI for Third-Party Risk Analysis

OpenAI unveils Trove, a custom ChatGPT agent designed to automate third-party risk analysis, streamlining vendor due diligence with AI-powered reporting.

OpenAI Automates Repetitive Workflows

OpenAI introduces workspace agents for ChatGPT, automating repeatable tasks and integrating with existing tools to streamline business workflows.

AI Agents Are Breaking the Web's Old Rules

AI agents are making the 'bots vs. humans' debate obsolete, forcing a new approach to web traffic management and security.

Coral raises $12.5M for healthcare automation

Coral raises $12.5M to automate healthcare's administrative back office, using AI to streamline workflows around legacy systems like fax machines.

AI's Job Market Dilemma: Fear vs. Opportunity

The debate on AI's impact on jobs: concerns of displacement vs. opportunities for augmentation and new roles.

Paperclip CEO on Building Zero-Human Companies

Paperclip CEO Doda demonstrates the open-source platform for orchestrating AI agents, enabling 'zero-human' company operations and showcasing future development plans.

Cloudflare API Now Lets You Register Domains Programmatically

Cloudflare's new Registrar API beta lets developers programmatically search, check, and register domains, integrating seamlessly with AI agents and build workflows.

ChatGPT streamlines finance workflows

OpenAI's ChatGPT is enhancing finance team operations by streamlining reporting, forecasting, and communication.

Quantifying LLM Impact on Labor Skills

New research introduces the Skill Automation Feasibility Index (SAFI), benchmarking LLMs and revealing a capability-demand inversion. AI augmentation is prevalent, not pure automation.

IT's $6 Trillion Problem

The $6 trillion IT services market is stuck in the past, but a new 'Modern IT Operating System' aims to fix it with AI and automation.

Robots Are Ready. Why Aren't They Working?

Robots are advancing rapidly, but deployment lags. The field needs more operators and integration specialists, not just roboticists, to bridge the gap.

Onit Security Raises $11M for Exposure Management

Onit Security raises $11M seed funding to automate vulnerability remediation using AI agents and business context, aiming to fix exposures faster than attackers.

Zalos raises $3.6M for AI finance agents

Zalos secures $3.6M for AI agents that automate finance workflows by mimicking human interaction with existing systems.

Cursor Automates Security with AI Agents

Cursor leverages autonomous security agents to automate vulnerability detection and repair, significantly boosting PR velocity and securing its codebase.

GitHub Actions: Your First Workflow

Learn how to automate development tasks with GitHub Actions, setting up your first workflow to automatically label new issues.

Gumloop Secures $50M Series B

Gumloop secures $50M Series B led by Benchmark to enhance its AI automation and agent platform for enterprises.

x402 Payments: The Real Numbers

Discrepancies in reported x402 payment volumes highlight the early stage of AI agent commerce, with genuine activity significantly lower than initial estimates.

Anchr Secures $5.8M Seed Round

Anchr raises $5.8M to bring AI-native automation to America’s food supply chain, targeting inefficiencies in a sector with tight margins.

AI Agents Now Do Overnight Research

An automated system uses AI agents to conduct overnight LLM training experiments, modifying code and iterating on models autonomously.

Cursor Automations Go Live

Cursor Automations introduces intelligent agents designed to run on schedules or event triggers, streamlining code review, monitoring, and routine development tasks.

BioProAgent: Bridging LLMs to Wet-Lab Autonomy

BioProAgent, a new neuro-symbolic AI framework, enables LLMs to reliably control physical wet-lab equipment, achieving 95.6% compliance.

Cursor's AI Boosts Support 5-10x

Cursor's AI-native technical support leverages its own platform to boost engineer throughput 5-10x by integrating code, logs, and knowledge.

Damon: AI could reduce work week to four days

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon suggests AI could lead to a four-day work week by boosting productivity and reducing errors, but acknowledges the need for workforce retraining.

Agentic AI's 2026: Economic Crosscurrents

Economic indicators like jobless claims and mortgage rates paint a complex picture for the future of work and investment as agentic AI trends accelerate towards 2026.

AI Agents Usher in Software Development's Third Era

Software development enters its third era, driven by autonomous AI agents that handle complex tasks with minimal human oversight, transforming the developer's role.

Cursor's Bugbot Autofix Accelerates PRs

Cursor's Bugbot Autofix, an AI-powered code review agent, is now out of beta, automatically identifying and resolving issues in pull requests.

Financial Services AI Investment Shifts From Pilot to Profit

Financial services AI investment has matured, with 65% of firms actively using AI and 89% reporting measurable ROI through increased revenue and decreased costs.

The Humans in the Loop AI Model is the Only Way to Scale

The Humans in the Loop AI framework ensures that while AI handles repetitive tasks and data, human experts provide the final layer of judgment, empathy, and strategic oversight.

AI Customer Feedback Analysis Finally Scales for SMBs

AI customer feedback analysis leverages LLMs and unified CRM to instantly turn scattered customer data into prioritized, actionable insights for small businesses.

Slack Small Business Tools Pivot to Operational OS

Slack is transforming into a full operational OS for small businesses by integrating AI, automation, and live CRM data to eliminate context-switching.

Brex’s Multi-Agent Network Replaces Dashboards with Executive Assistants

The CRM Shift: Why Salesforce Leads Best Mailchimp alternatives

The best Mailchimp alternatives are now integrated CRM platforms like Salesforce, driven by SMB demand for unified data, AI, and superior scalability.

Agentic AI B2B Commerce Redefines Manufacturing Sales

Agentic AI B2B Commerce is shifting the digital experience from passive ordering portals to proactive, unified transaction engines that execute complex sales tasks autonomously.

Scheduling Tools Pivot to CRM for SMB Efficiency

Modern small business scheduling tools are evolving into core operational components that integrate directly with CRM systems to automate customer interactions.