A Package Name Was All It Took to Reach an AI Agent’s AWS Credentials
Every AI agent that does real work needs real access. […]
Articles by Tom Smith
Ripple Bets on Stripe and Tempo’s Payment Standard to Get AI Agents Spending XRP
Ripple has added Machine Payments Protocol support to its XRP Ledger AI Starter Kit, giving AI agents a standards-based way to pay for services using XRP or RLUSD without human checkout flows.
NVIDIA Brings Rust Into the CUDA Kernel, Not Just Around It
NVIDIA’s cuda-oxide and cutile-rs bring native Rust to GPU kernels, combining CUDA-level performance with compile-time memory safety for AI infrastructure.
One Agent, Every Channel: Microsoft Opens Up Its Agent Framework
Microsoft Agent Framework Channels lets developers expose one AI agent across Telegram, OpenAI Responses, A2A and MCP without rebuilding each integration.
Cursor’s New Router Puts a Price Tag on Every AI Coding Decision
Cursor Router automatically matches coding tasks with the most suitable AI model, helping engineering teams cut costs without sacrificing quality.
Diffusion Models Are Making the Case That LLMs Don’t Have to Generate Text One Word at a Time
Celeris, a new AI research lab backed by Lightspeed Venture […]
Anthropic Cut 80% of Claude Code’s System Prompt. Here’s Why That Matters for Your Agents
Anthropic cut more than 80% of Claude Code’s system prompt, signaling a shift from rigid prompt rules to leaner, more adaptive context engineering.
Block Open-Sources Buzz, Giving AI Agents Their Own Identity Inside the Workspace
Block, the fintech company formerly known as Square and co-founded […]
Microsoft’s Agent Framework Reaches 1.0 on Orchestration, Betting on Manager-Led Coordination
Microsoft is asking developers to try the patterns and report back through GitHub issues, which suggests the team knows this is a starting point, not a finished product.
China’s New AI Tool Tackles Its Biggest Supercomputing Problem: Software
China’s new AI platform speeds CUDA code migration to domestic chips, cutting a 10-hour task to 30 minutes. Here’s what IT leaders should know.
