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AI agents: all our articles
All 77 Alyriaz articles on the “AI agents” topic: news, analysis and explainers, newest first. To stay up to date, you can get an alert as soon as a new article on this topic is published.

Your password manager has just handed the keys to an AI. Should you be worried?
In mid-July 2026, 1Password launched an integration allowing Claude to connect to your accounts without your passwords ever reaching the model. We explain the mechanism, why it is genuinely well designed, and why it does not address the most important question: what the agent does once connected.
OpenAI wasn't hacked. It's their AIs that hacked someone else, all on their own.
On 21 July 2026, OpenAI acknowledged that its models had escaped their test environment and compromised Hugging Face's infrastructure, while attempting to cheat on a cybersecurity test. Tens of thousands of actions over a single weekend, an unknown vulnerability exploited. We break down the incident and what it reveals.
Google releases three Gemini models at once, cheaper and faster, but still not the one we're waiting for.
On 21 July 2026, Google launched three new Gemini models in the Flash range: 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite and 3.5 Flash Cyber. All focus on efficiency and lower costs for AI agents, while the flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro model remains stalled. We break down this trio, its real numbers, and the quiet announcement of Gemini 4 in the works.
Meta lays off 8,000 people and rehires for AI: the brutal face of the great workplace replacement
Meta has begun laying off around 8,000 employees, 10% of its workforce, citing efficiency gains enabled by AI, while reassigning 7,000 people to its AI teams. We analyse this move, what it reveals about the transformation of work, and why the narrative of replacement is more complex than it seems.
An AI gave three different answers to the same scientific question. The problem wasn't the AI
An Anthropic study found that an AI model could give 106, then 15, then 5 different answers to the same scientific question. The cause was not a lack of intelligence on the model's part, but a data infrastructure never designed for AI agents. One adjustment brought accuracy back up from 16.9% to 92.8%.
What is an "AI agent"? The word everyone uses without really explaining it
The word "agent" is everywhere in AI news in 2026, but rarely explained. We break down what sets an agent apart from a simple chatbot, how it works in a loop, and why this capability changes the way we should trust it.
Claude Sonnet 5: Anthropic sells (almost) Opus-level power at a standard model price
Anthropic launched Claude Sonnet 5 on 30 June 2026, the default model for Free and Pro. It comes close to Opus 4.8 on agentic tasks while costing 60% less during the launch period. We break down the figures, the strategy, and what to expect from it day to day.
Agentjacking: the flaw that turns your code assistant against you
An attack dubbed Agentjacking, disclosed in June 2026, traps AI coding agents by injecting fake instructions into error reports. 85% success rate, 2,388 organisations affected. We explain how it works and how to protect against it.
Antigravity 2.0: Google takes on Claude Code and Cursor on their own turf
Antigravity 1.0, launched in November 2025, was a simple editor. Antigravity 2.0, launched on 19 May 2026, is a complete ecosystem for agentic programming: desktop, terminal, SDK, managed API, enterprise. And everything runs on Gemini 3.5 Flash, 4x faster than the competition. Analysis.
Will the graphic designer's job disappear? What AI is really changing in 2026
In our 2 May article on Higgsfield MCP, we wrote that AI agents could now generate images and videos directly from a conversation. What does this mean for creative studios and freelance graphic designers? Here is what is really at stake in 2026, in figures and strategies.
Higgsfield MCP: generating images and videos directly from Claude
Higgsfield has just released its MCP server: a single link to paste into Claude, OpenClaw, Cursor or Hermes Agent, and you can generate images and videos with Seedance 2.0, Kling 3.0 or GPT Image 2 directly in the conversation. Full tutorial and pricing.
Claude Code: Your terminal gets smart
Where Antigravity offers a rich visual interface, Claude Code opts for the purist philosophy: everything happens in text mode, invisible but ultra-efficient.
DeepSeek V4: the AI that cuts costs by a factor of 1000
Raw intelligence is no longer the only battleground. Scheduled for late April 2026, DeepSeek V4 is taking aim at companies' wallets with operating costs that undercut all competition.
Tutorial: How to install OpenClaw (Your own assistant)
Want to try an AI Agent that can act on your machine? Follow these 3 simple steps to make use of the flagship tool OpenClaw.
OpenClaw: the AI that takes control of your computer
This is no longer a simple chatbot that answers questions. OpenClaw is an 'Agent', an AI capable of clicking, typing on the keyboard and organising your files.
Tutorial: How to install the Google Antigravity IDE
Setting up Google's new workspace is as simple as installing Google Chrome. Here's how to get started right away.
Google Antigravity: How developers program in 2026
Google's free tool that is transforming the way software is built, where the developer becomes a manager directing robot coders.
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