What we're reading
Reports, model releases and talks we think are worth your time if you're putting AI to work in frontline hiring. Each one opens on the publisher's own site.
Introducing Claude Opus 5.5
Anthropic's newest model nearly matches its top tier at a lower price, which makes always-on hiring agents cheaper to run.
Frontline workers don't want AI out of hiring. They want it out in the open.
Fountain's survey of 1,014 frontline workers: few oppose AI in hiring, but most want to be told how it's used.
Equipping agents for the real world with Agent Skills
The idea behind the Claude skills we share: package know-how in a folder that an agent loads only when it needs it.
Future of work with AI agents
Workers in 104 occupations rated which tasks they'd hand to agents. Most want a partner, not a replacement.
Don't build agents, build skills instead
A 16-minute talk on why reusable skills beat one-off agents. It's close to how Labs builds with customers.
The emerging agentic enterprise: how leaders must navigate a new age of AI
A global executive survey: companies are adopting agents faster than they're working out how to manage them.
Demystifying evals for AI agents
How to test agents that work across many steps, so a hiring agent doesn't quietly get worse after a change.
Fountain launches Cue to run frontline hiring and workforce operations
Cue goes public: an agent that runs sourcing, screening and scheduling, with human oversight built in.
Anthropic Economic Index report: Cadences
Real usage data on when and how people work with Claude, plus a survey on how they feel about AI and jobs.
Anthropic invests $100 million to train 10,000 engineers and tackle the enterprise AI talent gap
Engineers learn to build agents inside real business workflows, the same build-with-the-customer approach Labs takes.
From Labs, coming soon
We're writing up what we learned building agents with customers. If someone sent you a private piece, use the link and password they shared.
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