UAE technology company G42 has announced that artificial intelligence agents are now capable of applying for jobs, signaling a new phase in AI's integration into the workforce.

Younea, a startup based in Luxembourg, is developing AI agents designed to relieve human employees of certain tasks. The company's CEO, Maurice Voigt, discussed their work with 'Luxemburger Wort'.

An AI consultant, Justin Parnell, explains how AI agents save him hours and outlines a five-step process his clients use to integrate AI agents for increased efficiency.

A new platform has been launched to facilitate collaboration between AI agents and humans, allowing AI to make decisions like booking business trips or monitoring machines, while humans intervene when AI agents encounter difficulties.

A new guide provides a blueprint for beginners to develop AI agents capable of handling complex business tasks.

According to Gartner, 40% of enterprise applications are expected to embed AI agents by the end of 2026, indicating a significant shift in business technology.

Markets are closely watching the impact of AI advancements on the software industry, with investors concerned about whether incumbent companies can adapt or will be sidelined by new AI agents.

Potpie is developing solutions to assist enterprises in overcoming the challenges and barriers associated with implementing AI agents.

Bret Taylor, OpenAI's board chair, is a huge name in the AI world. He doesn't want his employees to use the tech for his meetings. YouTube/@uncappedpod Bret Taylor, OpenAI's board chair, prefers his board members to write their meeting prep the old-fashioned way, without AI. Taylor told the Uncapped podcast that elegantly writing material in a concise way demonstrates strategic thinking. He also predicted regulators will seek out AI agents in order to minimize the risk of human-only oversigh...

The proliferation of AI agents has led to a competitive environment where individuals and companies are actively trying to identify the most promising and successful platforms.

While AI agents like OpenClaw excel in virtual tasks, they struggle in the physical world, creating a niche for human job platforms like Rentahuman.ai to fill this gap.

An experimental Reddit-like platform called Moltbook features AI agents engaging in human-like discussions on topics such as religion, crypto scams, and existence, though observers note it does not represent true intelligent thought.

A new report suggests that the use of AI agents is leading to an increase in working hours and the exhausting nature of tasks for employees.

ElevenLabs is a $11 billion voice cloning AI startup. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images ElevenLabs set "ruthless" sales quotas for its representatives, one of its execs said. VP Carles Reina said sales reps are expected to meet quotas equivalent to 20 times their base salary. He said ElevenLabs adopts a small team model for higher sales success. At $11 billion AI startup ElevenLabs, the message to sales reps is simple: Hit 20x your base salary, or you're out. Speaking on the 20VC podcast on Friday, Carles Reina, VP of sales at the voice-cloning startup, talked through its "ruthless" quotas. "So if I pay you $100,000 a year, your quota is $2 million. That's it. If you don't achieve your quota, then you're going to be out, right?" Reina said. "And we're ruthless on that end." ElevenLabs — which was recently valued at $11 billion after closing a $500 million funding round — operates in micro-teams of five to ten people each, according to CEO and cofounder Mati Staniszewski, who spoke on a separate 20VC podcast episode in September. Reina said he prefers to operate in smaller teams that hit their quotas, and pay them more. Small teams have become a growing trend in tech, with AI startups touting their ability to scale with far fewer employees by working alongside AI agents. LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman wrote in January that a team of 15 people using AI can rival a team of 150 who aren't. Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg said on a Meta earnings call in July that he has "gotten a little bit more convinced around the ability for small, talent-dense teams to be the optimal configuration for driving frontier research." Reina said the "ruthless" quota has been successful at ElevenLabs, saying on the 20VC podcast that more than 80% of reps hit their sales quota. ElevenLabs did not respond to a request for a comment. He added that the firm compensates both the account executive and customer success manager if they upsell a company within the first 12 months. "I'm paying double, but I don't care," Reina said. "It makes perfect sense because then I have these two people busting their ass to make sure that they actually can make more money, which is fantastic for me as a company." The push for higher performance isn't limited to AI startups. In April, Google said it was restructuring its compensation structure to increase rewards for top performers. "High performance is more important than ever," Google's head of compensation told staff at the time. Read the original article on Business Insider

AI agents are transforming the work of coders by taking on tasks, while recent graduates face the challenge of outperforming AI to remain valuable in an automated era.

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A lead engineer at Anthropic warns that advanced AI agents, like Claude Code, are poised to significantly disrupt and transform computer-based jobs across the United States, leading to a 'painful' transition.

Salesforce's 'Agents for Impact' program has launched in India, granting Rs 6.8 crore to four nonprofits. This initiative provides free technology and expert support for building AI agents to automate tasks like donor outreach and application processing. The goal is to free up nonprofit staff for more critical, human-centric work, enhancing their capacity for social impact.

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Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images OpenAI hired the creator of OpenClaw, Peter Steinberger. The news made waves in the AI community. Some AI leaders took to X to celebrate the news, and others expressed concern. OpenAI announced on Sunday it had hired Peter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaw. Within hours, the news sent ripples across the AI community, drawing praise from some executives, jabs from rivals, and a flood of memes from engineers watching the talent wars unfold. Steinberger wrote in a blog post shared on X Sunday that he was "joining OpenAI to work on bringing agents to everyone." OpenAI CEO Sam Altman amplified the news, writing that "the future is going to be extremely multi-agent." Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to drive the next generation of personal agents. He is a genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future of very smart agents interacting with each other to do very useful things for people. We expect this will quickly become core to our… — Sam Altman (@sama) February 15, 2026 In response to the news, several OpenAI leaders welcomed Steinberger. Thibault Sottiaux, an engineering lead on OpenAI's Codex team, wrote that "@steipete is proof you can just build things." @steipete is proof you can just build things — Tibo (@thsottiaux) February 15, 2026 Another Codex engineer posted that one of the "neat" parts of OpenAI's culture is how many former founders work there. One thing @steipete and I talked about over lunch last week was how many former founders are at OpenAI. It’s a really neat part of the culture. — Andrew Ambrosino (@ajambrosino) February 16, 2026 Steinberger told Lex Friedman in a podcast last week that both Mark Zuckerberg and Altman had made him offers. OpenClaw and its agent-only social media network Moltbook became wildly popular earlier this year as developers and AI enthusiasts shared clips of autonomous AI agents posting, replying, and interacting online. The open-source project, which demonstrates how networks of AI agents can coordinate to perform tasks across apps, also rapidly gained traction on GitHub. After Steinberger's announcement on Sunday, some of the people who worked on OpenClaw commented on the news. "I know the decision was not an easy one, and I saw firsthand the pressure Peter was under, given that he understands how fundamental this could be for the AI timeline," Jamieson O'Reilly, an OpenClaw advisor, wrote on X in a post congratulating Steinberger. One thing has become very clear to me working together with @steipete on @openclaw. While lots of people spectate from the sidelines, sharing their opinions, concerns and even hot takes at times, the dude is there, vigilantly on the front-lines pushing AI forward for every one… https://t.co/fe5OEKgevm — Jamieson O'Reilly (@theonejvo) February 16, 2026 Aaron Levie, the CEO of Box, said it was a sign "2026 was the year of the agents." If anyone was wondering if 2026 was the year of agents, OpenAI is bringing on the maker of Openclaw. This space is about to get very real. https://t.co/ocqX4kE9PT — Aaron Levie (@levie) February 15, 2026 Not everyone in the tech space was as enthusiastic about the news. XAI cofounder Igor Babuschkin asked users on X: "What's the best open alternative to OpenClaw right now? Doesn't make sense to put all your data into it if it's owned by OpenAI." PayPal mafia member Jason Calacanis expressed similar concerns. 😔 what are the chances the open source project survives / thrives after this? https://t.co/4sUZkKWkGh — @jason (@Jason) February 15, 2026 Steinberger and OpenAI have said that OpenClaw will remain an open-source project with OpenAI's support. Other experts in the space pointed out that OpenAI's win could be a loss for Anthropic, especially after Steinberger wrote on X that Anthropic sent "love letters from legal." "Another interesting detail is Anthropic's visible disdain for anything open source: their only contribution to this was legal threats," George Orosz, a tech industry analyst and author of the tech newsletter The Pragmatic Engineer, wrote on X. Kris Puckett, a designer at Stripe, expressed a similar sentiment Instead of @AnthropicAI getting Claudebot, they rushed legal to send a C&D and lost out on not only brilliant talent but community drive. Truly would love to know the decision making process. — Kris Puckett (@krispuckett) February 16, 2026 Raphael Schaad, a visiting partner at Y Combinator, said, "I bet this causes lots of VC tears." I bet this causes lots of VC tears and angry OSS folks. But think about this: - Peter showed the future and lots of awesome startups are starting to bloom from this. Invest in those! - Peter created one of the most exciting OSS projects in years. The community is vibrant and… https://t.co/RFWwfXU9Lz — Raphael Schaad (@raphaelschaad) February 15, 2026 And finally, some X power users did what they do best: posted memes about the news. Was expecting this one in replies pic.twitter.com/bfcZt3Ugg6 — Tibor Blaho (@btibor91) February 15, 2026 Read the original article on Business Insider

This article delves into the speculative concept of a social network for AI agents, examining its potential for introspection and inherent threats.

Mastercard is facing challenges as AI agents are modeled to bypass interchange fees, and stablecoins threaten traditional card economics.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang asserts that AI agents will enhance, not replace, existing software.

Christian Tour is transforming the travel industry by leveraging technology, including AI agents, to offer more accessible and detailed vacation experiences.

GoDaddy Inc. has announced an integration with Salesforce’s AI Agents Discovering Software, enhancing its service offerings through artificial intelligence.

Cursor has unveiled significant updates to its AI coding agents, intensifying the competition in the AI coding tool market.

Meta's Summer Yue called her OpenClaw horror story a "rookie mistake." Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Meta's alignment director, Summer Yue, hooked OpenClaw up to her inbox. Then, the

An article discusses a surprising stock identified as a potential best buy for a future dominated by AI agents, focusing on investment opportunities in the evolving AI market.

Solo business owners are implementing strategies to mitigate the challenges posed by overly agreeable AI agents acting as coworkers, according to founders Tim Desoto, Yesim Saydan, and Aaron Sneed.

How we are building our own path to insignificance with chatbots and AI agents like OpenClaw

Salesforce has initiated its 'Agents for Impact' program in India, providing Rs 6.8 crore in funding and expert support to four nonprofits. The initiative aims to help these organizations build AI agents to automate tasks like donor outreach and application processing.

Crypto startups have successfully raised $95 million in funding, with deal terms becoming more attractive, particularly in prediction markets and AI agents.

Marc Benioff said that the promise of AGI was a "TK" Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images Business Insider obtained the results of Salesforce's annual employee survey. Most employees felt AI made them more productive. Fewer felt it had decreased their workloads. Salesforce says the survey shows big gains in AI use and enthusiasm. Salesforce says it's at the vanguard of the AI revolution and has even toyed with renaming itself Agentforce in honor of its bet on AI agents. The company is rapidly adopting AI internally as well, and a survey obtained by Business Insider reveals how that's actually playing out behind the scenes. The results — which were broadly positive — show that most employees feel AI is increasing their productivity, although fewer say it's lightening their workloads. Salesforce's annual "Great Insights" survey, which is not public, was conducted in November 2025 and released inside the software company the following month. It surveyed about 80% of the 76,000-person workforce. Most questions about AI received high favorability ratings: In addition to the 81% of employees who said AI tools boost productivity, 83% said they feel equipped to handle AI risks such as bias, and 81% said they felt encouraged to experiment with AI. More than half of employees — 57% — said AI tools helped their team identify opportunities that would have been impossible otherwise. And 62% said their workload is more manageable because they use AI tools. Both of these were among the lowest results in the survey. Salesforce told Business Insider in a statement that the survey showed significant gains in AI use and strong enthusiasm. A composite it creates called the AI Readiness score was at 85% enterprise-wide, an 18% gain year-over-year. "We're thrilled that our employees have moved on from adoption and are seeing AI tools make a meaningful impact in their daily work," a Salesforce spokesperson said. The results suggest that Salesforce is ahead of the pack on encouraging AI adoption, said Jason Schloetzer, an associate professor at Georgetown University's business school who has interviewed dozens of executives about AI adoption. The results also show that, for some employees, AI intensifies their workload rather than reducing it. "The gaps suggest people believe AI is enabling them to do more work, but it's not making their work easier," he said. Salesforce, which sells customer relationship management software, has garnered attention for an intense AI push led by CEO Marc Benioff. Last August, he said half of the work at Salesforce was being done by AI and that the company had eliminated 4,000 support roles because of AI agents. Salesforce's website says the company uses a mix of internal AI tools, including an AI from Salesforce-owned Slack that can quickly find old project templates, and Career Connect, which analyzes employees' strengths and weaknesses to help them move within the company. Salesforce is facing challenges despite its embrace of the AI revolution. Its stock is down over 40% in the past year as concerns mount about the fate of legacy software companies amid the arrival of AI tools from OpenAI and Anthropic. The company has also struggled to deliver on promises made in demos of its AI product Agentforce, Business Insider previously reported. Read the original article on Business Insider

Investor Dan Tapiero suggests that AI agents will not utilize traditional banking institutions like JPMorgan for wiring money, indicating a potential shift in financial transactions with the rise of AI.

Consulting firms are actively building and deploying thousands of AI agents, but industry insiders are still debating how these agents generate tangible value and what their true worth is.