{
  "id": 17609871,
  "title": "DeepSeek developing AI agent requiring less human input: Report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/deepseek-developing-ai-agent-requiring-less-human-input-report",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-01T13:40:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Cointelegraph",
    "slug": "cointelegraph",
    "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/deepseek-developing-ai-agent-requiring-less-human-input-report"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has unveiled plans for an artificial intelligence agent capable of undertaking multiple tasks with minimal human oversight, according to a newly published paper. The company's DeepSeek Harness team aims to decrease the need for human intervention in coordinating and monitoring AI agents, as reported by Singapore's South China Morning Post on Sunday. The primary challenge lies in managing multiple agents, with the team noting that \"single-task limits depend on model capabilities, while multitask limits depend on human attention.\" Typically, a person can monitor only three to five active AI agent sessions at once. To address this, DeepSeek proposes a system that distributes tasks among agents and manages their coordination, thereby freeing humans to review outcomes and make decisions. This announcement arrives amidst heightened competition among AI developers, including US entities Anthropic and OpenAI, as per the SCMP. Earlier this year, Cointelegraph reported that Chinese AI models were outperforming their US counterparts in cryptocurrency trading, with DeepSeek excelling in a crypto trading experiment, generating a positive unrealized return of 9.1%, despite being developed at a fraction of the cost of its US rivals.",
  "summary": "The proposal comes amid intense competition among AI developers, including US companies Anthropic and OpenAI, the SCMP said.",
  "key_points": [
    "DeepSeek developing AI agent with minimal human input",
    "Company aims to reduce human oversight in AI coordination",
    "Multitask limits depend on human attention"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}