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Friday, 4 September 2026

AI agent evaluations are part of the product

The New Stack 4 hours ago 34

A team that previously shipped an AI agent based on small test chats found that later changes (like retrieval configuration and a model upgrade) could cause skipped required citations and incorrect tool selection. The article argues evaluations must be repeatable and used as a release gate, starting with 10 real tasks frozen with fixtures such as pinned account state and versions of prompts, retrieval configuration, tools, permissions, and traces. Teams will keep an evaluation suite alongside the agent so each release can be blocked on deterministic high-risk failures and scored with evidence rather than relying on demos or one-off transcript checks.

AI, tools, and transformation

TLDR 7 hours ago 15

The article argues that AI will not simply make everyone a tool-builder because software creation does not translate directly into personal empowerment. It says the key challenge is choosing the right tool for a specific task and defining what it should do. As a result, the focus shifts from expecting widespread DIY tool-building to improving how tasks are matched with well-specified tools.

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