Live wire — dispatch open22 Oct 2026

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developer.nvidia.com ▸ research· filed 22 Aug 2026

AVO agent architecture achieves perfect ARC-AGI-3 score and produces optimized GPU kernels

The AVO agent architecture, designed for long-running autonomous work, achieved a perfect score on the ARC-AGI-3 public set and produced GPU kernels that outperformed existing libraries. The system uses persistent memory and a supervisor to sustain progress. Results show fewer environment actions than a comparable harness, but limitations include public-set-only evaluation and unqualified cross-model comparisons.

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github.blog ▸ product· filed 22 Aug 2026

GitHub Copilot cloud agent available in Microsoft Teams public preview

GitHub's Copilot cloud agent is now in public preview within Microsoft Teams, enabling users to start agent sessions via @GitHub mentions, with write access required for repo changes. It requires a paid Copilot plan, admin-enabled cloud sandboxes, and incurs separate billing for AI credits and sandbox usage. The integration also introduces an optional extra approval step for agent-authored pull requests, underscoring a human checkpoint for AI-generated code.

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azure ▸ tooling· filed 22 Aug 2026

MCP Connectors canvas gives Copilot agents managed access to external tools without manual configuration

Microsoft has shipped the MCP Connectors canvas, a GitHub Copilot plugin that connects agents to curated MCP servers hosted in Azure Connector Namespace. The canvas removes manual MCP configuration by letting developers browse and select servers, while credentials and scaling are managed centrally. The feature is available with the GitHub Copilot app, though Connector Namespace remains in preview.

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azure ▸ product· filed 22 Aug 2026

Microsoft expands Foundry model router to additional regions and refreshes model pool

Microsoft expanded its Foundry model router to more regions and updated its supported model list, adding Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.6 while removing four older models. The router's endpoint remains stable through these changes, and Microsoft describes usage patterns including A/B testing and continuous routing. The company recommends monitoring routing traces and outcomes to confirm performance targets.

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azure ▸ product· filed 18 Aug 2026

Azure Connector Namespace: Managed MCP servers for SRE Agent

Microsoft's Azure Connector Namespace, now in preview, hosts MCP servers that connect Azure SRE Agent to additional operational systems. While the service handles hosting and maintenance, setup still requires manual identity and connector registration, and custom server images are not yet supported.

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baeke.info ▸ product· filed 17 Aug 2026

Microsoft adds serverless agents runtime for Azure Functions in preview

Microsoft has introduced a serverless agents runtime for Azure Functions, currently in preview, that defines agents in Markdown files and runs them as ordinary Function Apps. The runtime discovers agent definitions from project files, integrates with MCP servers and custom tools, and inherits standard Functions features like scale-to-zero and managed identity. It targets event-driven agents that are started by timers, queues, or HTTP requests without needing a dedicated agent server.

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baeke.info ▸ product· filed 15 Aug 2026

Deploying an AG-UI Agent on Microsoft Foundry's MicroVM Hosted Agents

This post walks through deploying an AG-UI agent on Microsoft Foundry's new MicroVM-based hosted agents. It covers the required container setup, deployment manifests, and a Next.js chat client, and explains why the Invocations protocol is preferred over Responses for AG-UI. Key limitations such as lack of durable conversation history and limited trace telemetry are also noted.

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azure ▸ product· filed 14 Aug 2026

Three months of usage data shape Azure Architecture Diagram Builder's four-stage workflow and integrity checks

Microsoft's open-source Azure Architecture Diagram Builder processed 5,023 generation and refinement events in three months, prompting a four-stage workflow and feedback-driven changes. The tool now preserves manual layout during refinements, marks stale validation results, and includes deterministic integrity checks. An evidence-aware physical architecture view is planned but not yet shipped.

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azure ▸ development· filed 13 Aug 2026

Pairing the Agent Framework Harness with the Agent Governance Toolkit

A new sample from Microsoft's .NET agent ecosystem pairs the Agent Framework Harness with the Agent Governance Toolkit to enforce read-only file access via a YAML policy at execution time. The sample blocks mutating tools even under prompt injection, while the author recommends a deny-by-default policy for production and suggests the pattern may extend to other irreversible agent actions.

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youtube.com ▸ development· filed 13 Aug 2026

Scheduled social research agent: A walkthrough with LangChain's managed platform

LangChain developer Casper shares a detailed walkthrough of building an agent that researches Hacker News and X, drafts posts, and sends them to Slack on a schedule. The article covers setup, tools, memory, and deployment, highlighting a formatting hiccup the agent corrected. It's a practical look at combining platform features for autonomous social media research.