'A billionaire's chief of staff': How this AI pioneer puts a dozen agents to work

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Illia Polosukhin, a coauthor of the seminal transformer paper, "Attention Is All You Need," runs his work with 12 agents, but he doesn't let them off leash.

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An IBM exec built an AI agent to prep for meetings — and said it saved hours every week

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IBM's global consulting business has nearly 150,000 employees.

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5 solo business owners share how they are using AI to create custom tools

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Cody Luongo and Amin Astaneh
Cody Luongo, (l) a freelance media consultant, and Amin Astaneh, the founder of technology consultancy Certo Modo, have vibe-coded apps for their businesses.

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Has an AI agent interviewed you for a job? Take our survey.

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Certain companies have started conducting first-round interviews led by AI.

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'AI-pilled' engineers are working harder and burning out faster, Django co-creator says

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A woman is massaging her temples while sitting at a computer.
AI agents are making software engineers more effective, Simon Willison said. They're also making him tired, and faster.

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Meet 'Dobby': The AI agent that could kill the app economy

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - OCTOBER 24: Participants playing Dobby in Harry Potter series in the Trans March on October 24, 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan.
A human dressed up as Dobby the Elf from Harry Potter series during a trans march in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Asana's stock is down 50%. Its CEO told BI what's next.

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Asana CEO Dan Rogers
Asana CEO Dan Rogers

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Kevin O'Leary says he made an 'AI Kevin' — and that his wife soon won't be able to tell the difference

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Kevin O'Leary said that he's training "AI Kevin" to talk and act like him.

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China's 'one-person companies' have exploded. An Alibaba exec explains how AI agents make that possible.

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Alibaba.com president Kuo Zhang
Alibaba.com president Kuo Zhang.

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Google employees have a new AI tool called 'Agent Smith'. It's so popular that access got restricted.

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Sergey Brin attends the 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony in California, wearing a shiny black jacket in front of a blue background.
Google cofounder Sergey Brin

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