Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has hired former Jane Street engineer Cui Tianyi to bolster its AI agent development. Cui joined in March and will focus on creating "harnesses," which are software infrastructures that enable AI models to function as autonomous agents. This move signals DeepSeek's commitment to competing in the rapidly growing field of agentic AI, inspired by the success of agents like Anthropic's Claude Code. AI
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IMPACT DeepSeek's focus on AI agents could lead to new autonomous tools and increased competition in the agentic AI market.
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