Ai agents

What It Actually Takes to Build a Software Factory — Tereza Tížková, Factory

What It Actually Takes to Build a Software Factory — Tereza Tížková, Factory

Tereza Tížková of Factory explains what a software factory really is: an autonomous, end-to-end software lifecycle that goes far beyond coding agents. She covers three guiding principles of agnosticism, autonomy, and continuous improvement, including automatic model routing, long-running multi-agent missions with sequential workers and independent validators, a deferred context engine, and agent readiness checks, and closes with a view on what remains for humans.

AI Is Exposing Your Data: An AI Security Problem You Can't See

AI Is Exposing Your Data: An AI Security Problem You Can't See

Jeff Crume explains how AI agents, RAG pipelines, prompts, tools, and models move sensitive data through modern AI systems, and why traditional DLP falls short. He outlines a unified approach built on data lineage, workload and workforce visibility, proactive risk identification, and compliance reporting.

AI Engineer Paris 2026 Opening Keynotes: Mistral, Langfuse & Sizzy | Day 1

AI Engineer Paris 2026 Opening Keynotes: Mistral, Langfuse & Sizzy | Day 1

The AI Engineer Paris 2026 main stage featured discussions on the historical impact of AI as a general-purpose technology, the evolving landscape of AI engineering towards sophisticated "software factories," and Mistral AI's strategic vision for building frontier AI, ensuring agentic safety, and addressing data sovereignty through advanced models and infrastructure.

Thinking in Platforms • Kasper von Grünberg & Luca Galante • GOTO 2026

Thinking in Platforms • Kasper von Grünberg & Luca Galante • GOTO 2026

Kaspar von Grünberg and Luca Galante discuss their book "Thinking in Platforms," tracing platform engineering's origins from addressing key person dependencies to its critical role as an "operating model" for AI-first organizations. They highlight how AI agents necessitate standardized, productized internal platforms for effective deployment, emphasizing that platform efforts often fail due to social rather than technical challenges.

Why AI Makes You Worse at the Jobs It Can't Do (with Katie Malone)

Why AI Makes You Worse at the Jobs It Can't Do (with Katie Malone)

Dr. Katie Malone, host of *Linear Digressions*, explains how AI enabled her to relaunch her podcast after a 5.5-year hiatus. She argues that people management and AI agent management are fundamentally the same skill, highlighting the importance of defining tasks, setting acceptance criteria, and 'trust but verify'. Malone discusses the implications of 'AI slop' and 'process slop' in organizations and describes how a "Claude Code in a trench coat" agent now produces her show. She also delves into fascinating data paradoxes, including Bainbridge's Ironies of Automation, Simpsons Paradox, and Benford's Law, emphasizing how human expertise can erode with increasing automation and the counter-intuitive patterns in natural data.

AI Agents Aren't the Revolution. They're the Catalyst!

AI Agents Aren't the Revolution. They're the Catalyst!

Sam Anthony argues that AI agents are not the revolution themselves, but rather a powerful catalyst for profound, lasting changes in the surrounding technology ecosystem. This includes modernizing data infrastructure, standardizing system design, enabling seamless interoperability, democratizing technology and expertise, and shifting human thinking towards outcome-based problem-solving.