Large language models are transforming search from a static, stateless process into a dynamic, agent-based reasoning system. This talk explores the practical patterns—like query rewriting, hybrid retrieval, and agent-based reranking—for building and deploying these 'agentic search' systems at scale, covering the architectural principles, production challenges, and the future trajectory where search itself may dissolve into understanding.
In this talk, Matt Sharp explains that while 2025 is the year of AI agents, it's also the year of cybercrime. The rush to create frictionless, user-friendly agents has led to a neglect of fundamental security principles, creating a perfect environment for hackers who are now using these same powerful AI tools to innovate and scale their attacks.
This talk explores the frontier of affective computing in AI agents, proposing a new architecture where emotion is a first-class component. It covers the technical challenges of deploying multi-modal, emotion-aware systems in production—from memory and learning to multi-agent orchestration—and delves into the critical ethical considerations of privacy, manipulation, and scientific validity.
The hosts explore the dawn of an agent-driven economy, spurred by tools like OpenClaw and social platforms like MoltBook. They discuss the critical shift for developers to build tools that AI agents, not just humans, will choose, focusing on the new go-to-market strategies, the rise of swarm intelligence, and the essential infrastructure required for this new paradigm.
Vitor, co-founder of Runlayer and former tech lead for Zapier Agents, provides a deep dive into the security vulnerabilities of the rapidly adopted MCP standard for AI agents. He outlines the primary attack vectors, including sophisticated prompt injections, supply chain attacks like 'rug-pulls', and tool schema manipulation, using real-world exploits as examples. The talk concludes with a multi-layered defensive strategy for users, developers, and enterprises to secure their AI agent deployments.
Experts from IBM discuss Google's $200B AI investment in India, Claude's autonomous C compiler creation, the significant security risks in AI agent skills, and the looming AI ROI problem facing IT leaders, debating the shift from per-token to value-based pricing.