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April 23, 2026

9 curated links on AI agents, Python, security, Google Cloud, and engineering, selected by Médéric Hurier.

  1. Deep Research Max: a step change for autonomous research agents

    blog.google

    The new Deep Research and Deep Research Max agents offer MCP support and native visualizations for long-horizon, autonomous research workflows.

  2. Subagents have arrived in Gemini CLI

    developers.googleblog.com

    Gemini CLI now supports specialized subagents that handle complex, high-volume tasks in isolated context windows, allowing the primary agent to act as a strategic orchestrator.

  3. Claude Opus 4.7 on Vertex AI

    cloud.google.com

    Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 is now generally available on Vertex AI, offering improved performance in coding, long-horizon agentic tasks, and complex document vision capabilities.

  4. A2UI v0.9: The New Standard for Portable, Framework-Agnostic Generative UI

    developers.googleblog.com

    A2UI v0.9 introduces a framework-agnostic standard and SDK for Generative UI, enabling AI agents to dynamically generate tailored UI widgets using a project's existing component catalog.

  5. Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6: Powering real-world robotics tasks through enhanced embodied reasoning

    deepmind.google

    This reasoning-first model upgrade for physical agents enhances spatial understanding and multi-view reasoning for complex tasks like instrument reading and success detection.

  6. Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS on Google Cloud

    cloud.google.com

    The new Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS model provides developers with precise controllability over AI-generated speech using over 200 audio tags for pacing and expressivity across 70+ languages.

  7. Stitch's DESIGN.md format is now open-source so you can use it across platforms

    blog.google

    Google Labs has open-sourced the DESIGN.md format, a shared visual language that allows AI agents to understand and validate design rules for generated UIs.

  8. Turn your best AI prompts into one-click tools in Chrome

    blog.google

    "Skills in Chrome" allows users to save, remix, and instantly reuse AI prompts as one-click workflows directly within the browser's Gemini interface.

  9. The Friction is Your Judgment — Armin Ronacher & Cristina Poncela Cubeiro, Earendil

    youtube.com

    This video features a discussion on the "friction" in AI development and judgment, focusing on the human-AI interaction and engineering challenges.