Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Ships Production-Ready Agent Framework 1.0 for .NET and Python

Microsoft has released version 1.0 of its open-source Agent Framework, positioning it as the production-ready evolution of the project introduced in October 2025 by combining Semantic Kernel ...

New framework lets AI agents rewrite their own skills without retraining the underlying model

Memento-Skills lets AI agents rewrite their own skills using reinforcement learning, hitting 80% task success vs. 50% for ...

Microsoft's Agent Stack Confuses Developers While Rivals Simplify

Microsoft ships Agent Framework 1.0 but Azure's agent stack still spans too many surfaces while Google and AWS offer cleaner developer paths.

EY's new AI agents will be a steep learning curve for junior audit staff, but make life 'much easier,' a top exec says

Adjusting to the new AI tools won't be easy, but will be worthwhile in the long run, EY executive Marc Jeschonneck told ...

Should my enterprise AI agent do that? NanoClaw and Vercel launch easier agentic policy setting and approval dialogs across 15 messaging apps

By integrating Vercel’s Chat SDK and OneCLI’s credential vault, NanoClaw 2.0 ensures that no sensitive action occurs without ...
Geeky Gadgets

How OpenAI’s New AI Agent Framework Compares to Autogen and CrewAI

Over the weekend, OpenAI released a new experimental AI agent, or agentic framework, for developers. If you’re familiar with platforms like Autogen and CrewAI, you might be curious about how this new ...