Microsoft’s open-source SkillOpt automatically upgrades AI agent skills without touching model weights

Microsoft's SkillOpt brings deep-learning discipline to AI agent skills, replacing manual prompt tweaking with mathematically ...
SiliconANGLE

Anthropic makes agent Skills an open standard

Anthropic PBC said today it’s updating its Skills feature, which enables companies to teach its powerful large language model how to perform very specific, work-related tasks. The update comes as the ...
TechRepublic

Google Cloud Next AI Keynote: 5 Takeaways for IT Leaders

Thomas Kurian’s Google Cloud Next keynote framed Google’s agentic AI vision. Here are five key takeaways for IT leaders. Thomas Kurian’s keynote at Google Cloud Next painted an ambitious picture of an ...
VentureBeat

CrowdStrike, Cisco and Palo Alto Networks all shipped agentic SOC tools at RSAC 2026 — the agent behavioral baseline gap survived all three

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz highlighted in his RSA Conference 2026 keynote that the fastest recorded adversary breakout time has dropped to 27 seconds. The average is now 29 minutes, down from 48 ...
Geeky Gadgets

Agent Skills vs RAG : Why Procedural Workflows Are Replacing Long Prompts

Agent skills, introduced by Anthropic, are modular workflows designed to enhance AI systems by focusing on task-specific execution. Each skill is defined by a metadata file and may include additional ...

And Now I’ve Vibe-Coded a Native Windows 11 App ⭐

The Build 2026 keynote was overly-long, in keeping with tradition. But there was some good news for Windows developers too.
Forbes

Stop Building Agents And Start Building Skills

Every time your team wants a new AI capability, what's the instinct? Build a new agent. Need to search Confluence? Agent. Need to query BigQuery? Agent. Need to draft a Jira ticket? Agent. This ...