AI Agent News Today
Saturday, April 26, 2025April 26, 2025 — Today's AI agent landscape saw significant advancements, with Atlassian unveiling new AI-powered software development agents at its Team’25 conference. These include a Jira-to-plan code planner, autonomous code writers, ML-based code reviewers, and a deployment automation agent, all now in beta. The company also launched Rovo Studio App, enabling hybrid natural language/traditional coding for custom agent creation.
Microsoft expanded its Security Copilot platform with 11 new autonomous security agents, including a phishing triage system handling 30B annual alerts and a vulnerability remediation agent automating patches across 84T daily signals. Deeper Azure AI Foundry integrations now let enterprise agents leverage OneLake data for contextual decisions.
Apple accelerated development of Project Mulberry – a health coaching agent analyzing wearable data for personalized fitness/nutrition plans, slated for iOS 19.4 integration by mid-2025. Meanwhile, AI hackathons gained traction, with Microsoft's free agent-building event hosting 20+ expert sessions, while independent organizers offered $650K+ in cloud prizes for innovative agent solutions.
Investor focus shifted to agentic AI 2.0, with forecasts predicting $50.31B market growth by 2030 as systems evolve from task-specific execution to cross-functional autonomous reasoning. Early adopters report 38% efficiency gains in HR, retail, and customer service workflows.