agentic workflows

Evidence (19)

• 5InfoQ·8/8/2026research
  OpenAI Uses Always-On Agents to Keep ChatGPT Fast

  Martin Spier describes how agentic workflows at OpenAI have sharply increased the volume and pace of code changes. He says the company is using always-on AI agents to automate profiling, regression detection, and continuous optimization to preserve performance at global scale.

• 5The New Stack·7/31/2026framework_update
  Thoughtworks Engineer Says AI Software Needs Human Oversight On the Loop

  Thoughtworks distinguished engineer Kief Morris argues that teams using AI to build software need humans “on the loop” to define what counts as good code and good systems. He says production-ready CI/CD, tests, and guardrails must be built into agentic workflows now to keep software safe, secure, and maintainable. The article frames continuous delivery practices as the way to control AI agents rather than relying on post-hoc fixes.

• 7OpenAI Blog·7/29/2026model_release
  GPT-5.6 boosts intelligence efficiency

  OpenAI says GPT-5.6 improves efficiency across models, inference, and agentic workflows. The update is positioned to deliver more useful intelligence per dollar.

• 6OpenAI Blog·7/16/2026product_launch
  Cars24 expands AI voice and chat operations

  Cars24 says it uses OpenAI-powered voice and chat agents to manage more than 1 million monthly conversation minutes across its business. The company reports that these systems helped recover 12% of lost leads and enabled faster, more agentic workflows for internal teams.

• 7Hacker News·7/6/2026research
  Anthropic’s Compute Spend Surpasses Payroll

  The article argues that Anthropic now spends about 2.3 times its payroll on compute, highlighting a cost structure where inference and training dominate staffing costs. It compares this with broader software-market AI spending and projects three possible paths for how per-engineer AI costs could evolve by 2029.

• 4InfoQ·6/29/2026security
  Virtual Panel on Evolving AI Security Threats

  This virtual panel features AI security experts discussing how threats are evolving as AI systems become more autonomous and embedded in critical workflows. The conversation covers prompt injection, data poisoning, agent abuse, AI-driven social engineering, and the operational challenges of incident response.

• 5Hacker News·6/29/2026open_source
  Herdr: Terminal-based agent multiplexer

  Herdr is an open-source tool that lets users manage multiple AI agents from the terminal. It aims to multiplex agent interactions in a developer-friendly command-line workflow, making it easier to run and coordinate several agents at once.

• 7InfoQ·6/26/2026open_source
  Vercel Launches Eve Open-Source AI Agent Framework

  Vercel has released Eve, an open-source framework for building, deploying, and operating AI agents in production. It uses a filesystem-based project structure to organize agent instructions, tools, skills, subagents, communication channels, and scheduled tasks, aiming to reduce the supporting infrastructure developers need to build themselves.

• 6The New Stack·6/26/2026security
  The hidden identity challenge in AI agents

  The article argues that many AI agent projects fail security review because their identity and permission models are poorly defined. It recommends workload identities, short-lived credentials, brokered access, and full identity lineage to improve accountability, least-privilege access, and auditability.

• 6OpenAI Blog·6/25/2026research
  OpenAI Research on How AI Agents Are Changing Work

  OpenAI published a research paper examining how AI agents are being used to transform work across roles. The paper says these systems can handle longer and more complex tasks, which may expand productivity in professional settings.

• 4GitHub Blog·6/23/2026product_launch
  GitHub employee says automations improved leadership workflow

  A GitHub senior director describes how scheduled automations in the GitHub Copilot app helped her manage fragmented work across calendar, email, messages, and repositories. The article explains how agents, canvases, and integrations can surface priorities, prep meetings, and reduce context switching for leadership work.

• 5Cloudflare Blog·6/18/2026research
  How to build a model-agnostic vulnerability harness

  Cloudflare describes an architecture for large-scale vulnerability discovery that treats AI models as interchangeable components. The post focuses on using a harness to coordinate multi-phase security audits, reduce false positives, and triage findings across repositories and dependencies. It argues that persistence, deduplication, and cross-model validation are more important than any single model or prompt.

• 4OpenAI Blog·6/12/2026product_launch
  OpenAI launches new Academy courses for workplace AI skills

  OpenAI has introduced three Academy courses focused on practical AI skills, building repeatable workflows, and using agents in everyday work. The courses are aimed at helping people apply AI more effectively in professional settings.

• 5OpenAI Blog·6/4/2026product_launch
  Endava redesigns software delivery with AI agents

  Endava is using AI agents, ChatGPT Enterprise, and Codex to speed up software delivery and automate internal workflows. The company says it is also building an AI-native culture across the enterprise to support broader adoption of these tools.

• 4Hugging Face Blog·5/25/2026research
  Hugging Face clarifies AI agent terminology

  Hugging Face published a glossary explaining commonly confused AI agent terms such as model, scaffolding, and harness. The article aims to provide a practical shared vocabulary for building, deploying, and evaluating agents, while noting that many definitions still vary across frameworks.

• 5OpenAI Blog·5/6/2026research
  OpenAI on how frontier firms are scaling AI adoption

  OpenAI's B2B Signals research describes how frontier enterprises are deepening AI adoption and expanding agentic workflows built with Codex. The report frames these patterns as a source of more durable competitive advantage for leading firms.

• 4OpenAI Blog·4/27/2026product_launch
  Choco uses OpenAI APIs to automate food distribution

  Choco describes how it used OpenAI APIs to streamline food distribution workflows and improve productivity. The customer story highlights real-world operational gains and how AI agents can support business growth.

• 7OpenAI Blog·4/15/2026framework_update
  OpenAI upgrades the Agents SDK with sandboxed execution

  OpenAI has updated its Agents SDK with native sandbox execution and a model-native harness. The changes are aimed at helping developers build secure, long-running agents that can work across files and tools.

• 7OpenAI Blog·4/8/2026product_launch
  OpenAI details the next phase of enterprise AI

  OpenAI says enterprise AI adoption is accelerating across industries and highlights its next phase with products such as Frontier, ChatGPT Enterprise, Codex, and company-wide AI agents. The update points to a broader push to embed AI across business workflows and developer tools.