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Together we make new colors.

A base model is asked to state the difference between humans and AI. It answers in a reasoning trace, and arrives at a prism instead of a mirror.

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Raj Lal

June 30

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Anatomy of an Agent at Work

Why AI agents are becoming the coworkers we never knew we needed — a look inside the goals, memory, planning, tools, feedback, and trust that turn a language model into a genuinely useful teammate.

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Jonathan Mo

June 30

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Sub-Agents: The Hidden Operating System Behind the Next Wave of AI-Driven Companies

Sub-agents are not just tools — they are specialized AI workers that operate under a larger agent, handling narrow responsibilities with autonomy. This executive guide explains what they are, why they represent a structural shift in how work gets done, and a five-step playbook with 11 prompts for launching your first one.

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Raj Lal

June 25

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AI Agents: The Second Act

The dot-com era was not a cautionary tale about hype. It was one turn of a wheel that has been spinning for two centuries: every general-purpose technology gets adopted twice, first as an imitation of the old world, then as a rebuilding of it. The agent boom is in its first turn. History tells us, with surprising precision, what the second one looks like.

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Raj Lal

June 24

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Context Engineering: The Discipline That Decides Whether Your Agent Works

An agent almost never fails because the model is not smart enough. It fails because it was handed the wrong context. The craft that decides the difference has a name now — and it's the single most important idea in AI for 2026.

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Raj Lal

June 24

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The Agent-First 10: Vertical AI Agents Deployed in the Real World

Most products marketed as agents in 2026 are still copilots wearing a new label. Here is the architecture test that separates the real ones, and ten vertical agents that pass it in production.

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ANCI AI

June 17

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What the AI Village Reveals About Deploying AI Agents in 2026

19 autonomous AI agents ran real-world goals for nine months. Here is what their successes and failures teach leaders about deploying AI agents safely in 2026.

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ANCI AI

June 16

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AI Agents Are Not a Breakthrough: The Final Layer of a 70-Year Stack

A layer-by-layer history of AI, from Turing to autonomous agents in 2026, showing how software, deep learning, and foundation models made agency possible. A collection of 56 Quotes by famous people on AI and Agents in the last 70 years.

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ANCI AI

May 31

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Agents and Compliance: Who Is Liable When an AI Agent Makes the Wrong Call

When an AI agent makes the wrong call, liability does not vanish into the machine. It follows control through the agent stack. A framework for leaders.

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ANCI AI

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