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A Guide to Saving Token Usage with Multi-Agent AI
A Guide to Saving Token Usage with Multi-Agent AI
Scaling up and streamlining a multi-agent architecture doesn't necessarily entail escalated costs if you know how to properly implement these four strategies for saving token usage.
# Introduction
When multiple AI agents are strung together to cooperate and address complex workflows, the sheer volume of tokens — text elements or units, so to speak — may easily escalate. Everything adds up: from memory logs to detailed tool specifications, system instructions, and so on.
Why biological data matters more in AI drug discovery
GSK has entered into a research collaboration with British biotechnology company Relation Therapeutics worth up to $110 million, expanding the companies’ existing work in AI-assisted drug discovery.
Under the agreement, Relation will generate large-scale datasets measuring how human cells respond to genetic changes and drug interventions. The data will be used to train AI models designed to identify potential drug targets, including models within Relation’s MORGAN platform.
The agreement places biological data generation alongside AI model development.
Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here.
When two OpenAI models hacked into the website Hugging Face in July, they weren’t trying to make money or commit sabotage—they were just looking for answers to a test question.
Alibaba’s open-weight Qwen3.8-Max takes on long-horizon AI tasks with 2.4 trillion parameters
Alibaba's new flagship model Qwen3.8-Max is built to handle complex tasks on its own over days at a time, from reproducing research papers to designing chips autonomously. The team plans to release the weights next week.
The article Alibaba’s open-weight Qwen3.8-Max takes on long-horizon AI tasks with 2.4 trillion parameters appeared first on The Decoder.
Two teams solved the same quantum crypto problem using GPT-5.6 just three hours apart
Two research teams independently solved the same open quantum cryptography problem using OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra, submitting their papers just three hours apart. "If someone mentions an open problem, the first thing is to see if GPT solves it," says one of the researchers.
Unicorn, pelican, Middle-earth: OpenAI co-founder Karpathy is looking for the next AI vibe test
One paragraph of "Lord of the Rings" in, 5,500 lines of code out. Andrej Karpathy had Claude Opus 5 turn Tolkien's opening into a 3D browser scene.
The article Unicorn, pelican, Middle-earth: OpenAI co-founder Karpathy is looking for the next AI vibe test appeared first on The Decoder.
China's MiniMax H3 is the first open model to top an AI video ranking
MiniMax releases H3 video model weights, putting an open model at the top of a video ranking for the first time.
The article China's MiniMax H3 is the first open model to top an AI video ranking appeared first on The Decoder.
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Resume Mindset
Your resume is the single most important document in your career. I spent over 10 hours drafting mine. That’s a lot of time, but it’s exactly why it got results.
Something I tell all my coaching clients:
Resumes are more of an art than a science
This is not to sound “smart”, but rather to tell you that there is no “definitive” guide on what your resume needs to look like.
I will give you general principles and guidelines for what a good resume looks like in this video and how you can optimise it with Claude.
However, a great resume is perfect for the job you a
The AI Was the Easy Part: What Is a Forward-Deployed Engineer in a Supply Chain?
What actually makes a Forward Deployed Engineer, told through one supply chain project.
The post The AI Was the Easy Part: What Is a Forward-Deployed Engineer in a Supply Chain? appeared first on Towards Data Science.