Everyone shipped agents. The Pentagon picked sides.

The New Stack is a publication covering trends and technologies in cloud-native development, DevOps, and software delivery. Developers can learn about containerization, Kubernetes, and cloud computing, as well as explore topics such as microservices architecture, serverless computing, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

The New Stack

A weekly AI roundup covering several major developments: Perplexity launched 'Computer,' a multi-agent desktop worker for non-technical users that automates workflows across Gmail, Slack, Notion, and more. Andrej Karpathy declared 'vibe coding' obsolete, replacing it with 'agentic engineering' — describing agents that autonomously complete complex multi-step tasks. Anthropic's Agent Skills repo gained broad adoption across Microsoft, Cursor, and OpenAI. Cloudflare launched Markdown for Agents, reducing token usage by 80% when AI agents fetch web pages. On the political front, the Trump administration banned Anthropic from federal use, labeling it a supply chain risk, while OpenAI secured a Pentagon deal with weaker human-oversight language than Anthropic had demanded.

Perplexity Computer wows, Karpathy kills vibe coding, and OpenAI replaces Anthropic at the Pentagon

The Multi-Agent Desktop Arrives for Everyone

Vibe Coding is 2025. Agentic Engineering is now.

Cloudflare Builds the Plumbing for Agent-Friendly Websites

The Pentagon Drops Anthropic, OpenAI Steps In