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Microsoft open-sources RetroChimera for chemist-aligned synthesis planning
Expert reviewers accepted its routes for nine of ten challenging targets, though faster laboratory synthesis remains a projected benefit rather than a demonstrated outcome.
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Amazon Bedrock AgentCore adds managed OAuth consent portal for AI agents
The portal replaces customer-hosted session binding for AgentCore Gateway, while keeping each user’s provider grants separate and auditable through AWS CloudTrail.
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GitHub Copilot code review adds automatic comment resolution and multi-agent Lite reviews
The update reduces review-thread cleanup while GitHub-reported experiments link the Lite agent ensemble to more addressed findings and roughly 8% lower review cost.
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ONNX Runtime 1.30 expands generative AI inference across CUDA, WebGPU and CPUs
The release broadens attention, decoding and quantization support, but several CUDA paths remain hardware-specific or opt-in and CPU FP16 execution now depends on acceleration.
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OpenAI GPT-5.6 reaches Australian Amazon Bedrock Regions through global inference
AWS has opened access to GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna through Amazon Bedrock endpoints in Sydney and Melbourne, with three API paths, prompt caching, federated Codex…
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How to build an AI agent without writing code: A five-step Microsoft 365 Copilot guide
A practical, source-led walkthrough for turning a clearly defined workplace problem into a testable AI agent, connecting it to relevant knowledge and improving it through real-world…
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