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GitHub's new desktop app, unveiled at Microsoft Build 2026, transforms AI assistants into independent agents managing complex coding tasks. This 'My Work' dashboard allows developers to oversee multiple AI agents simultaneously, with isolated worktrees preventing conflicts. Features like interactive 'Canvases' and secure sandboxes enhance human-AI collaboration, while 'Agent Merge' automates code integration after checks.

Microsoft is discontinuing most internal Claude Code licenses by June 30, directing engineers to its own GitHub Copilot CLI. This move follows Claude Code's unexpected popularity, which reportedly undercut Microsoft's homegrown product. While officially citing toolchain unification, the timing suggests cost-cutting amidst an industry-wide AI spending crunch.

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Uber's COO reveals AI coding tools boost internal productivity by 25%, but a direct link to better consumer features remains elusive. Despite cost concerns and slower hiring, the company sees AI as an accelerator, empowering employees and significantly increasing code commits per engineer, though human oversight is crucial.

Citi's Vis Raghavan notes muted FDI in India due to energy dependency and AI uncertainty, despite strong domestic sentiment. He highlights the need for India to articulate its AI-driven global economy position, emphasizing its cost advantage in compute and potential as a global AI hub.

A Times Techies discussion in partnership with Accenture brought together senior leaders from ANSR, Inspire Brands and Deutsche Boerse to examine what it will take for India’s global capability centres to lead, not merely support, the AI-driven enterprise of tomorrow.

REVA University fosters a future-ready, enterprising mindset through its 'Educate to Enterprise' ideology. The institution emphasizes hands-on learning, innovation, and entrepreneurship, exemplified by its AICTE IDEA Lab and REVA NEST incubator. This approach cultivates creators and changemakers equipped to address real-world challenges and contribute to society.

So why is America’s Silicon Valley handing Indian-born CEOs the keys to the kingdom in the age of AI? Perhaps because, in the old Silicon Valley debate between Founder Mode and Manager Mode, the age of AI has elevated a third figure: the Operator. For that, we have to, as this column promises, go deep into the rabbit hole.

Sanjay Mehrotra is CEO of Micron Technology, the memory-chip giant that just crossed a market cap of $1 trillion to break into the top 10 US companies by valuation