ThoughtWorks
PulseAugur coverage of ThoughtWorks — every cluster mentioning ThoughtWorks across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
3 day(s) with sentiment data
-
AI agent tool Superpowers sparks debate on spec ownership and lifecycle
An AI agent tool called Superpowers has raised concerns about ownership and lifecycle management of generated code and specifications. The tool, by default, commits all generated files to public documentation, as seen w…
-
Thoughtworks engineers build airline IROps system in 4 days using emergent agent coordination
Thoughtworks technologists conducted a four-day experiment in Barcelona, Spain, involving 10 engineers to explore "hyper-agentic" software development. The team successfully built a simulated airline IROps system, a com…
-
AI in financial advice: Report stresses trust and human-centered design
A new report from Thoughtworks and Iress explores the responsible adoption of AI in financial advice. It emphasizes the importance of trust, human judgment, and relationships in a field increasingly influenced by AI. Th…
-
Harness engineering aims to ensure AI-generated code remains correct and coherent
Harness engineering is a new approach to managing AI-generated code, aiming to maintain its correctness and coherence over time. Coined by Birgitta Boeckeler, the concept draws parallels to traditional software engineer…
-
Thoughtworks joins Anthropic's Claude Partner Network as Select partner
Thoughtworks has been recognized as a Select partner within Anthropic's Claude Partner Network. This designation highlights Thoughtworks' expertise in assisting companies to deploy Claude-powered applications and agenti…
-
Martin Fowler explores AI code refactoring economics
Martin Fowler's article explores the economic advantages of refactoring code generated by AI agents. He details an experiment where a large, 17,000-line Rust file, part of a 150,000-line codebase primarily written by AI…
-
Local AI adoption debated for risk reduction in agentic coding
Bringing AI models in-house for local execution is a growing trend, but its effectiveness in reducing risk is debated. Thoughtworks experts Ben O'Mahony and Rich Stokoe are exploring this topic, aiming to clarify the ac…
-
AI governance, not speed, will determine corporate success: Teneo & Thoughtworks CEOs
CEOs are navigating a critical phase of AI adoption, shifting focus from rapid implementation to sustainable value extraction. The initial assumption that AI would simply replace human labor at a lower cost has proven f…
-
QCon AI New York 2026 registration opens for production AI deployment talks
Registration is now open for QCon AI New York 2026, scheduled for December 15-16. The conference will feature engineers sharing practical experiences with deploying AI in production, focusing on successes, failures, and…
-
Thoughtworks builds AI chatbot for Bayer to unlock preclinical research data
Thoughtworks developed an AI chatbot for Bayer to help researchers access and analyze years of preclinical data. This tool allows for natural language querying of decades of research, surfacing insights rapidly while ad…
-
AI adoption fails rigid orgs; containerization offers a model for change
Nitin Rakesh, CEO of Mphasis, argues that organizations are making a flawed bet by investing in AI to compensate for rigid structures, likening it to adding intelligence without improving the underlying system. He draws…
-
Thoughtworks and Databricks release Data Platform Playbook on AI governance
Thoughtworks has released a "Data Platform Playbook" in collaboration with Databricks. This guide explores the evolving landscape of governance within agent-driven systems and offers insights from industry leaders on re…
-
Thoughtworks launches Agent/works™ for enterprise AI agent governance
Thoughtworks has launched Agent/works™, a new platform designed to address the governance challenges associated with scaling agentic AI in enterprise environments. The platform offers a governed runtime, centralized vis…
-
Thoughtworks launches AI readiness assessment tool
Thoughtworks has launched a new AI readiness assessment tool designed to help organizations evaluate their current capabilities. The assessment focuses on six key dimensions to identify strengths and weaknesses. This in…
-
Thoughtworks streamlines data access with Unity Catalog and Backstage
Thoughtworks has published a blog post detailing how to streamline access control and audit logging across multiple services. The post explains how Unity Catalog can absorb operational databases, allowing Spotify's Back…
-
AI development risks prompt calls for secure coding environments
A recent article highlights the security risks associated with using generative AI for application development, particularly the "Vibe Coding" approach that enables non-technical users to quickly create prototypes. The …
-
Thoughtworks Radar: AI agents reshape software engineering with new practices
Thoughtworks' latest Technology Radar report highlights significant shifts in software engineering driven by AI agents. The report emphasizes the growing importance of concepts like context engineering, zero trust, harn…
-
LLM-powered Biographies
Eugene Yan experimented with several large language models, including GPT-4, Claude-v1.2, and Cohere-xlarge, by asking them to generate his biography. He observed that while the models captured the general essence of hi…