Agent skills have become an important part of real-world AI applications, providing a mechanism — a set of instructions saved in a folder of text-based markdown (.md) files, usually — for models to adapt to specific enterprise use cases and complex workflows. However, optimizing these skills is a slow process and faulty process, as they cannot be trained in the same way as the parameters of the un...
Agent skills have become an important part of real-world AI applications, providing a mechanism — a set of instructions saved in a folder of text-based markdown (.md) files, usually — for models to adapt to specific enterprise use cases and complex workflows. However, optimizing these skills is a slow process and faulty process, as they cannot be trained in the same way as the parameters of the underlying AI model. Instead, users typically must update them manually by retyping the instructions in each file, playing a "guessing game" as to what changes might improve agentic AI performance and reduce errors. SkillOpt , a new, open source ( MIT Licensed ) framework developed by Microsoft, does one better: it introduces an optimizer designed for agent skills, turning the agent's skill .md document as a trainable object that evolves based on performance feedback. It uses deep-learning-style optimization to make it possible for the AI to systematically explore modifications to the document and find the best combination of instructions. Most importantly, it accomplishes this procedural adaptation without making changes to the underlying model's weights. On various industry benchmarks, SkillOpt outperforms existing baselines, significantly boosting accuracy for models like GPT-5.5 and Qwen. The result is a set of compact, transferable skill artifacts that allow AI agents to adapt to new domains effortlessly. The challenge of optimizing agent skills Agent skills package procedural knowledge into natural-language specifications, including domain heuristics, tool-use policies, output constraints, and known failure modes. These skills provide an external interface for agents to adapt to complex enterprise workflows. In practice, agent skills are stored as text documents and inserted into the agent's context before execution. One of the key benefits of skills is that they customize the behavior of the underlying model without changing its weights. However, the skill document its...
Gold held its biggest gain since March after President Donald Trump said the US could sign a deal with Iran over the weekend to end the war that’s rattled global markets and stoked inflation. Bullion edged up to near $4,215 an ounce, having advanced 3.4% in the previous session. Trump said on Thursday that Iran’s supreme leader had agreed to a deal, although he cautioned that the pact had not been...
Gold held its biggest gain since March after President Donald Trump said the US could sign a deal with Iran over the weekend to end the war that’s rattled global markets and stoked inflation. Bullion edged up to near $4,215 an ounce, having advanced 3.4% in the previous session. Trump said on Thursday that Iran’s supreme leader had agreed to a deal, although he cautioned that the pact had not been finalized. The US leader described the agreement as “a very strong memorandum of understanding that is a little bit conceptual.” There has been no confirmation from Tehran. That followed Trump’s decision to call off a third day of airstrikes on Iran. US forces had pounded the Islamic Republic for two days, with Tehran responding by announcing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to all vessels. Read More: Trump Insists Iran Deal Is Close After Scrapping New Strikes Now in its fourth month, the war in the Middle East has disrupted energy flows via Hormuz, causing oil prices to spike and increasing the prospects for interest-rate hikes as central banks struggle to tame inflation. The European Central Bank raised rates on Thursday for the first time in almost three years, with President Christine Lagarde warning inflation triggered by the conflict is widening beyond just energy. Gold is still about a fifth below where it traded before the war began at the end of February. The metal’s recent decline through its 200-day moving average – a widely watched measure of long-term momentum – has triggered additional selling this week, pushing bullion close to $4,000 an ounce on Thursday before it rebounded. Spot gold was 0.1% higher at $4,217.40 an ounce as of 7:26 a.m. Singapore time. Silver rose 0.4% to $67.54 an ounce. Platinum and palladium advanced. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was flat after falling 0.3% in the previous session.
Investors often weigh the stability of established industry leaders against the high-growth potential of newer challengers. Today, we compare the long-standing Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) against the rapidly expanding Loar (NYSE:LOAR) to see which fits your portfolio. Hexcel leads the market in advanced composite materials used to make aircraft lighter and more fuel-efficient. Loar focuses on designing and ...
Investors often weigh the stability of established industry leaders against the high-growth potential of newer challengers. Today, we compare the long-standing Hexcel (NYSE:HXL) against the rapidly expanding Loar (NYSE:LOAR) to see which fits your portfolio. Hexcel leads the market in advanced composite materials used to make aircraft lighter and more fuel-efficient. Loar focuses on designing and manufacturing niche components for both commercial and military aviation. Both companies benefit from the aerospace recovery, yet they offer different risk and reward profiles for those investing in commercial aviation or military technology. Hexcel supplies advanced lightweight composite materials, including carbon fiber reinforcements and resins, to the global aerospace market. These products are essential for modern aircraft because they reduce weight and improve fuel efficiency. Roughly 39% of net sales in FY 2025 came from Airbus , while Boeing and its subcontractors accounted for nearly 13%. Customer concentration like this adds a layer of risk to the business. The company remains a key player among defense stocks due to its participation in military aviation programs. Continue reading
In this article SPCX Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk is photographed at SpaceX in Brownsville, Texas. Marvin Joseph | The Washington Post | Getty Images SpaceX is officially set for the largest IPO on record. Elon Musk's reusable rocket company is raising $75 billion, selling 555.6 million shares for $135 a piece, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Com...
In this article SPCX Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk is photographed at SpaceX in Brownsville, Texas. Marvin Joseph | The Washington Post | Getty Images SpaceX is officially set for the largest IPO on record. Elon Musk's reusable rocket company is raising $75 billion, selling 555.6 million shares for $135 a piece, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The deal values SpaceX at $1.77 trillion, making it the seventh most-valuable U.S. company, ahead of Tesla , Musk's electric vehicle maker. SpaceX's Nasdaq debut will come Friday, when the masses will have their first opportunity to buy into the 24-year-old company. Betting on SpaceX at this price is largely a wager on Musk, as the company is burning cash and is far smaller by revenue than any of its trillion-dollar peers. SpaceX said in its prospectus that revenue increased 15% to $4.69 billion in the first quarter from $4.07 billion a year earlier. For all of last year, revenue jumped 33% to $18.67 billion. The company recorded a net loss in the latest quarter of $4.28 billion after losing $4.94 billion in 2025. In addition to its space business, Musk's company owns the Starlink satellite internet service, which accounts for the bulk of its revenue and is the only profitable unit, and artificial intelligence division xAI, which merged with SpaceX in February. SpaceX said in its IPO filing that capital expenditures in the first quarter reached $10.1 billion, more than doubling from a year earlier. The vast majority of those costs — $7.7 billion — were for AI, with the rest spent on space and connectivity. The company has racked up a cumulative deficit of around $41.3 billion since it was founded in 2002. It warned investors in its prospectus that it may not achieve profitability in the future. Some of the IPO drama was removed last week, when SpaceX set a fixed price of $135 a share. New issuers would typically offer a price range that allows a company and its adv...
Warren Buffett once said the stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don't have to swing at every pitch. SpaceX (SPCX) is the most hyped pitch in a generation. We are letting it go by.
Warren Buffett once said the stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don't have to swing at every pitch. SpaceX (SPCX) is the most hyped pitch in a generation. We are letting it go by.
前段时间举行的 Google I/O 上，Google 正式发布了新一代 Gemini 3.5 模型， 同时也提到未来会将 Gemini 的能力融入到 Google 生态的更多产品中。 但让雷科技没想到的是，第一个用上 Gemini 的 Google 生态应用并不是搜索、Youtube、地图等 Google 生态大户，而是近几年存在感不断降低的 Google 翻译：昨天，Google 发布 Goo...
前段时间举行的 Google I/O 上，Google 正式发布了新一代 Gemini 3.5 模型， 同时也提到未来会将 Gemini 的能力融入到 Google 生态的更多产品中。 但让雷科技没想到的是，第一个用上 Gemini 的 Google 生态应用并不是搜索、Youtube、地图等 Google 生态大户，而是近几年存在感不断降低的 Google 翻译：昨天，Google 发布 Google 翻译更新，在翻译中加入了最新的音频模型 Gemini 3.5 Live Translate（下文简称 Gemini 3.5 LT）。 图片来源：Google 那么在 Gemini 3.5 LT 的驱动下，Google 翻译的实时语音翻译功能体验又如何呢？ 错词漏词依旧存在，单向翻译模式存硬伤 打开 Google 翻译的实时翻译功能，选择「实时听」模式，就能进入全新的 Gemini 3.5 LT 驱动的翻译模式了。不过奇怪的是， 这个「实时听」模式必须连接外置耳机才能激活。 考虑到 Google 翻译这个实时听模式并不能像时空壶同传模式那样双向同时工作，雷科技对这个「必须接耳机才能用」的设计实属不解。 好在这个「实时听」模式的操作还算简单：打开实时听模式，把手机靠近对方，耳机里就能「实时」听到翻译后的音频了。 图片来源：雷科技 和 Google 翻译之前那个按住才能说话、松手才开始翻译的「对话」模式相比，实时听模式会在对方完成一个短句后开始翻译，时效性要高不少。但在翻译时，Google 依旧有比较明显的延迟。 以中译英的古诗翻译为例， 要念到第三句时，耳机里才会听到第一句的翻译，和专业同传耳机那种几乎「同时启动」的翻译还是有点差距。 至于翻译准确性的问题，雷科技这里给 Google 翻译安排了几个比较经典的游戏对话「原声大碟」用于测试，同时也拉来了苹果翻译和有道翻译作为对比。 我们先来看看原文，相信玩过 GTA：SA 的玩家对这段点餐录音都不会陌生： I'll have 2 number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, 2 number 45s, one with cheese and a large soda. 以下是 Google 翻译「听」到的英文原文： Now, I ha...
British journalist to become one of most prominent appointments made by embattled editor-in-chief Bari Weiss CBS News is planning to hire the prominent British broadcaster Trevor Phillips, currently a Sunday morning presenter on Sky News, as a global affairs correspondent for the network, a significant hire for embattled top editor Bari Weiss. The network has not yet announced the appointment, whi...
British journalist to become one of most prominent appointments made by embattled editor-in-chief Bari Weiss CBS News is planning to hire the prominent British broadcaster Trevor Phillips, currently a Sunday morning presenter on Sky News, as a global affairs correspondent for the network, a significant hire for embattled top editor Bari Weiss. The network has not yet announced the appointment, which was first reported by Breaker, and a spokesperson declined comment when asked about it. Phillips did not respond to a Thursday morning message from the Guardian seeking comment. Continue reading...
(RTTNews) - Win Streak May Continue For Malaysia Stock Market The Malaysia stock market has finished higher in back-to-back sessions, collecting 4 points or 0.25 percent in that span. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now sits just beneath the 1,680-point plateau and it may see ad
(RTTNews) - Win Streak May Continue For Malaysia Stock Market The Malaysia stock market has finished higher in back-to-back sessions, collecting 4 points or 0.25 percent in that span. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now sits just beneath the 1,680-point plateau and it may see ad