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Google's Deep Research Max: Autonomous Research Agent for Expert Repor
Google quietly dropped something interesting last week. They updated their Deep Research agent (available via Gemini API) and introduced a "Max" tier built on Gemini 3.1 Pro. What it actually does: you give it a topic, it autonomously searches the web (and your private data via MCP), reasons over the sources, and produces a fully cited, professional-grade report — including native charts and infographics. Two modes: Deep Research — faster, lower latency, good for real-time user-facing apps Deep Research Max — uses extended compute, iterates more, designed for background/async jobs (think: nightly cron that generates due diligence reports for analysts by morning) The MCP support is the most interesting part to me. You can point it at proprietary data sources — financial feeds, internal databases — and it treats them as just another searchable context. They're already working with FactSet, S&P Global and PitchBook on this. Benchmarks show a significant jump in retrieval and reasoning vs. the December preview. They also claim it now draws from SEC filings and peer-reviewed journals and handles conflicting evidence better. So what do you think, is it another trying or game changer 😅
Self-Taught Developer from Bahrain Launches Multi-Model AI Platform
https://reddit.com/link/1sxotqx/video/xlaqd9i8guxg1/player I'm a self-taught developer, 39 years old, based in Bahrain. Four months ago I started building AskSary - a multi-model AI platform with a persistent memory layer that sits above all the models. The core idea: the model is not the identity. Most AI tools lose your context the moment you switch models. I built the layer that remembers you across all of them. Here's what's shipped so far: **Models & Routing** Every major model in one place - GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Grok 4, Gemini 3.1 Pro, DeepSeek R1, O1 Reasoning, Gemini Ultra and more - with smart auto-routing or manual override. **Memory & Context** Persistent cross-model memory. Start with Claude on your phone, switch to GPT on your laptop - it already knows what you discussed. Proactive personalisation that messages you first on login before you've typed a word. **Integrations** Google Drive and Notion - connect once, pull files and pages directly into chat or your RAG Knowledge Base. Unlimited uploads up to 500MB per file via OpenAI Vector Store. **Video Analysis** \- Gemini native video understanding for YouTube URL analysis (no download required, processed natively) and direct file upload up to 500MB. Full breakdown of visuals, audio, dialogue, editing style and key moments. **Generation** Image generation and editing, video studio across Luma, Veo and Kling, music generation via ElevenLabs, video analysis via upload or YouTube URL. **Builder Tools** Vision to Code, Web Architect, Game Engine, Code Lab with SQL Architect, Bug Buster, Git Guru and more. Tavily web search across all models. **Voice & Audio** Real-time 2-way voice chat at near-zero latency, AI podcast mode downloadable as MP3, Voiceover, Voice Notes, Voice Tuner. **Platform** Custom agents, 30+ live interactive themes, smart search, media gallery, folder organisation, full RTL support across 26 languages, iOS and Android apps, Apple Vision Pro. **Where it is now** 129 countries. Currently at 40 new signups a day. 1080 Signup's so far after 4 weeks or so. MRR just started. Zero ad spend. All of it built solo, one feature at a time, on a balcony in Bahrain. **The Stack:** Frontend - Next.js, Capacitor (iOS and Android) and Vanilla JS / React Backend - Vercel serverless functions, Firebase / Firestore (database + auth) and Firebase Admin SDK AI Models - OpenAI (GPT, GPT-Image-1), Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), xAI (Grok), DeepSeek Generation APIs - Luma AI (video), Kling via Replicate (video), Veo via Replicate (video), ElevenLabs (music), Flux via Replicate (image editing), Meshy (3D — coming soon) Integrations - Google Drive (OAuth 2.0), Notion (OAuth 2.0), Tavily (web search), OpenAI Vector Store (RAG), Stripe (payments), CloudConvert (document conversion), Sentry (error tracking), Formidable (file handling) Rendering - Mermaid (flow charts) and MathJax Platforms - Web, iOS, Android, Apple Vision Pro (visionOS) Languages - 26 UI languages with full RTL support [asksary.com](http://asksary.com) Happy to answer questions on any part of the build - stack, architecture, API cost management, anything.
Navigating AI Agent Governance: A Growing Organizational Challenge
Something I've been thinking about that doesn't get discussed enough outside of technical circles: the organizational and safety implications of uncoordinated AI agent deployment. Companies are shipping agents fast. Customer service agents, coding agents, data analysis agents, internal ops agents. Each team builds their own. Each agent gets its own rules, its own permissions, its own behavior. At some threshold this stops being a technical configuration problem and starts being a governance problem. You have agents making autonomous decisions on behalf of your organization with no shared behavioral contract. No unified view of what your AI systems are authorized to do. Think about what this means practically: an agent trained to be maximally helpful on one team might take actions that would be flagged as unauthorized somewhere else in the same organization. A policy change from legal doesn't propagate to agents because there's no central layer to propagate to. Nobody knows which agents have access to what data. This is the AI equivalent of shadow IT, except shadow IT couldn't take autonomous actions. What's the right mental model for governing a fleet of AI agents? Treat each agent like an employee with a defined role and access policy? Build an org chart for agents? Create a behavioral constitution that all agents inherit? Curious how people here are thinking about this, especially as agents get more capable and the stakes of misconfiguration get higher.
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