Looking Forward to AI Codecon
I’m really looking forward to our second O’Reilly AI Codecon, Coding for the Agentic World, which is happening on September 9, online from 8am to noon Pacific time, with a…
Generative AI in the Real World: Understanding A2A with Heiko Hotz and Sokratis Kartakis
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We Are Only Beginning to Understand How to Use AI
I remember once flying to a meeting in another country and working with a group of people to annotate a proposed standard. The convener projected a Word document on the…
From Automation to Insight
As an acquisitions editor at O’Reilly, I spend considerable time tracking our authors’ digital footprints. Their social media posts, speaking engagements, and online thought leadership don’t just reflect expertise—they directly…
Why AI-Driven Client Apps Don’t Understand Your API
Recent surveys point to a massive growth in AI-driven bots crawling the internet looking for APIs. While many of these have malicious intent, a growing number are well-meaning API consumers…
Is AI a “Normal Technology”?
We think we see the world as it is, but in fact we see it through a thick fog of received knowledge and ideas, some of which are right and…
Unpacking Claude’s System Prompt
This article was initially published as two posts on Drew Breunig’s blog. He’s been kind enough to share them here.Back in May, Ásgeir Thor Johnson convinced Claude to give up…
APIs and Agents: What Developers Need to Know
AI agents are reshaping how software is written, scaled, and experienced, and many expect the technology to unlock the gains AI firms have long promised. While most companies today remain…
Generative AI in the Real World: Raiza Martin on Building AI Applications for Audio
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Whistle-Blowing Models
Anthropic released news that its models have attempted to contact the police or take other action when they are asked to do something that might be illegal. The company’s also…