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AWS Introduces Strands Decider 2B and Strands Box for AI Agent Development

By Daniel Dominguez · InfoQ · Friday, 16 October 2026 at 10:47 (3h ago) · Original article ↗

AWS has introduced two open-source projects for AI agent development: Strands Decider 2B, a small model designed to make decisions within agent workflows, and Strands Box, a sandbox for controlling agent execution. Both projects address different aspects of building agents that use tools, execute code, and interact with external systems.

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Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles

Counterfeits of luxury goods are a major problem for fashion houses. Counterfeiters are getting better at replicating brands’ marks and passing off dupes, known as “superfakes,” as genuine items. A startup called Veritas wants to tackle the problem with its own chip that…

TechCrunch 1m ago

Google AI Pro trials are misleading, and subscribers are finding out the hard way

Some Pro features require payment, even if your phone came with the Pro plan.

Android Authority 6m ago

Employees using personal ChatGPT at work? Here's what IT admins need to do

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AWS Introduces Strands Decider 2B and Strands Box for AI Agent Development

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