Microsoft Research published “Orchard: An open framework for scalable agentic AI” dated 2026-08-03. According to the Microsoft Research feed, orchard is an open-source framework for the research community to train and evaluate AI agents across task types. The same item also notes that it reduces complexity while supporting strong performance from smaller models by enabling researchers to reuse the same…
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Google AI Blog published “Inside our 353,000-person vibe coding course” dated 2026-08-03. According to the Google AI Blog feed, kaggle’s AI Agents Intensive with Google brought learners together in a no-cost course to build and deploy the next frontier of AI. Full context remains on the original page.
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Microsoft Research published “Echoverse: Deep, evolving environments for computer-use agents” dated 2026-07-30. According to the Microsoft Research feed, computer-use AI agents struggle with multi-step workflows like email and customer support. The same item also notes that echoverse trains agents in realistic environments rather than simply providing more training tasks, helping them improve as the tasks, tests,…
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Google DeepMind published “Gemini Robotics ER 2: powering robotics with video understanding, task orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration” dated 2026-07-30. According to the Google DeepMind feed, gemini Robotics ER 2 helps robots reason, collaborate, and solve real-world tasks. The same item also notes that it represents a step change in video understanding, tool orchestration, and multi-robot collaboration for…
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Google AI Blog published “Gemini API Managed Agents: 3.6 Flash, hooks, and more” dated 2026-07-28. According to the Google AI Blog feed, we’re announcing even more new capabilities in Managed Agents in Gemini API so developers can build reliable, production-ready agents. Full context remains on the original page.
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Google DeepMind published “Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots” dated 2026-07-28. Full context remains on the original page.
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