Microsoft's Open-source AI Agent Framework 🤖

In today's edition: What's Shaping the Future of Data?

• 📖The Principles of Natural Language Processing

• 🥇 Open-Source Challenger to GPT-5 for Real-World Data Analysis

• 🔧Bolt V2 works with Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini agent

• 🔗 Replit Connectors Build Apps Across Tools

• ⚙️ Mira Murati's startup unveils first product

• 👀 Meta to use AI chats for ads

• 💡 AI Tutorial:How to create an auto-updating slide deck with Manus

• 🤖 AI Tools and Data Tools to checkout

Microsoft’s Open-Source Framework for Production AI Agents 🤖🏢

Microsoft just dropped an open-source AI framework that merges the experimental flexibility of AutoGen with the enterprise capabilities of Semantic Kernel into one framework. Microsoft Agent Framework is now in public preview, giving you a unified platform to build multi-agent systems, complete with observability, security, compliance hooks, and long-running durability baked in from day one.

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The Principles of Natural Language Processing

So, what is Natural Language Processing? NLP involves several steps that help computers process language similarly to humans. Learn more about Natural Language Processing, what it entails and its benefits in general.

🥇 Open-Source Challenger to GPT-5 for Real-World Data Analysis

Open-source models usually fail when handling messy, real data. But Alibaba’s DATAMIND beat GPT-5 and DeepSeek-V3.1 on complex, real-world data problems with a small 14B model. For each task, DATAMIND tries different ways to solve it. If the answers all match, it keeps them. If not, it throws them out. Funny thing is that it’s sometimes picking a random consistent answer works better than choosing the “best” one.

🤖 Bolt V2 works with Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini agent

The OG vibe coding platform Bolt has released its V2 with major feature releases across the board. First, Bolt v2 now integrates Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Gemini directly into its platform, giving you access to the best professional AI agents without leaving the interface. These agents come with deep planning built in, so they map out the entire build before writing code, and they debug autonomously -no more getting stuck in error loops.

Replit Connectors to build apps and automations across tools

Replit just launched Connectors, letting you build apps that integrate with Google, Notion, Linear, Salesforce, and 20+ other services without wrestling with OAuth flows or credential management. Log in once to a service, and any app you build on Replit can tap into it.

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AI News:

⚙️ Mira Murati's startup unveils first product

Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded by ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati and several prominent researchers, introduced Tinker — an API that enables developers to customize frontier models without managing complex infrastructure. Tinker supports fine-tuning both supervised and reinforcement learning methods on models like Meta's Llama and Alibaba's Qwen.

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🕶️ Apple to join smart glasses race

Apple just canceled plans to overhaul its Vision Pro headset, according to a new report from Bloomberg — instead shifting focus toward AI smart glasses projects designed to compete with Meta's Ray-Ban lineup. The company halted work on a lighter, cheaper Vision Pro variant planned for 2027, reassigning teams to fast-track development of several glasses designs.

⛏️ Google’s AI agent masters Minecraft via simulation

Google DeepMind researchers unveiled Dreamer 4, an AI that masters video game tasks by training within its own mental simulation, becoming the first agent to collect Minecraft diamonds using only offline data, without touching the actual game. Dreamer 4 trains by practicing in a predictive world model that simulates Minecraft's physics in real-time, executing over 20k actions from visual input.

⚡ Google’s new AI devices challenge Alexa?

Just one day after Amazon revealed its range of new AI Alexa+ smart-home devices, Google has revealed its own line-up of AI-powered smart-home devices. Ranging from Nest Cam devices (including the Nest “Indoor” and “Outdoor” security cameras and the Nest “Doorbell”) to a new Google Home speaker (which is due for release next year).

👀 Meta to use AI chats for ads

Meta is planning to use data from users’ private AI chats on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger to target users with ads, tailored to the topics they’ve been discussing (it won’t share these chats with advertisers). It plans to start rolling this new feature out early next year as it feels it will make ads more relevant.

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AI Tutorial

How to create an auto-updating slide deck with Manus

• Go to Manus and sign up

• Enter your detailed prompt, select ‘Slides‘ as your option, choose a theme, and click ‘Confirm’ to start the process

Sample Prompt: “Design a pitch deck for a startup seeking funding, outlining the problem, solution, market opportunity, business model, team, and financial projections. The presentation should be compelling and concise, designed to secure investment.”

• Manus research gathers data, and builds slides with charts and visuals, while you focus on other tasks.

• Once done, you’ll get a complete deck that’s ready to review. You can export it directly to Google Slides for easy edits and customization.

• Go back into Manus settings and enable Automatic Updates. Manus will now refresh the data, research, and visuals on your slides whenever you return—keeping your deck always up to date.

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