April 29, 2025 – AI agent developments accelerated today as Microsoft's AI Agents Hackathon 2025 entered its final phase, with submissions closing tomorrow for its free three-week virtual event featuring 20+ sessions on frameworks like Semantic Kernel, Autogen, and Azure AI Agents SDK. Meanwhile, a Cloudera-led study revealed 96% of enterprises are expanding agentic AI deployments, citing its operational impact surpassing generative AI.

The Agentic AI Summit in New York convened hundreds of engineers and executives to showcase industrial agent deployments, highlighting cross-industry collaboration. In real estate, analysts warned of AI search's disruptive potential as Apple Intelligence integrates ChatGPT and OpenAI’s rumored browser threatens traditional SEO strategies.