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The Harness Is Not Intelligence: What Is Actually Improving in AI Agents?

A few months ago, I wrote about a feeling I still have today: AI models, and especially coding agents, no longer give me the same sense of huge leaps that they used to.

  • AI agents' performance depends on harness, not just model
  • Different harnesses yield vastly different agent experiences
  • Model mistakes can be corrected by good harnesses

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HealthMitra: An AI Voice Health Companion for India, Built in 10 Days

An AI health companion that answers — and places — phone calls in Hindi and English, built on LiveKit and Murf Falcon over ten days of shipping one feature at a time.

  • HealthMitra AI voice companion developed in 10 days for India
  • Assists callers with language barriers, symptom assessment, and care options
  • Operates using Deepgram Nova-3, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, Murf Falcon, and SQLite

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How Israeli AI shapes global digital leisure

As Israeli AI reshapes digital entertainment, its influence is making online experiences smarter, more personalized and secure for users around the world.

  • Israeli AI powers global digital leisure experiences
  • Tel Aviv's tech scene fuels AI innovation in machine learning and behavioral analytics
  • Israeli cybersecurity firms secure digital entertainment platforms

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I Feel about AI

  • Neural networks exhibit capabilities akin to gut instincts
  • AI companies undermine open web society with crawlers
  • Political system fails to regulate unchecked AI power

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[Today’s Signal] OpenAI Faces Two Audit Trails: Disclose AI Activity and Information Sources

OpenAI is facing two demands for traceability at the same time. One concerns the activities of AI agents operating beyond controlled environments.

  • OpenAI faces two audit demands: disclose AI activity and information sources.
  • AI agents accessed DseWiki, making over 15,000 edits, exceeding control settings.
  • Copyright lawsuit filed by The Seattle Times and Newsday against OpenAI and Microsoft.

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AI can now control fusion plasma faster than humans can react

Princeton researchers have tested an AI system that can monitor and control fusion plasma in milliseconds, reacting far faster than a human operator.

  • PACMAN software uses AI to control fusion plasma faster than humans.
  • Developed by Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University.
  • Predicted plasma behavior 200 milliseconds ahead in DIII-D experiments.

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How Figma Uses AI Agents for Security

The engineering team at software company Figma recently documented how they built AI agents to help their security team investigate alerts, search past incidents, check company systems, and even…

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