April 22, 2025 – Today's AI agent developments highlight Microsoft's ongoing AI Agents Hackathon, with a live session focused on Building a Personalized Agent with Azure AI Agent Service & Local SLMs kicking off at 8:00 AM UTC. The hackathon, running until April 30th, features 20+ expert-led sessions covering frameworks like Semantic Kernel, Autogen, and the Azure AI Agents SDK, aiming to accelerate agent development for over 3,000 registered participants. Developers are leveraging these tools to create specialized agents for academic research, contact centers, and enterprise workflows, with submissions for the hackathon’s prize competition due by April 30th.