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Agents & Apps: the topic pulse
This week · Oct 14–Oct 20
In the seven days to Oct 20, we published 3 stories, 3 fewer than the week before. Agents & Apps was the busiest topic, with 3 stories. Google appeared in more stories than any other tag: 1 this week.
- Stories this week
- 33fewer than the week before
- Busiest topic
- Agents & Apps3 stories
- Top tag
- Google1 story
- Sources linked
- 2030% primary sources
Each square is one day. The brighter the square, the more stories we published on that topic that day. The last column compares this week with the week before.
| Topic | Oct 14 | Oct 15 | Oct 16 | Oct 17 | Oct 18 | Oct 19 | Oct 20 | This week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agents & Apps | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33fewer than the week before |
Tags with the biggest growth in stories between this week and the week before. The bars show the last 4 weeks, with this week on the right.
Rising
No tag grew by more than one story this week.
Tags with the biggest drop in stories between this week and the week before.
Most covered since October 14, 2026
The companies, products and ideas that appear in the most stories. Open a tag to read every story about it.
The biggest hubs in our knowledge graph
These topics link the most stories together. Open one in the graph to see what connects to it, and why.
- AI Agents33 connections · 33 storiesAgents & Apps
- Google22 connections · 22 storiesAgents & Apps
- Agent Workflows16 connections · 16 storiesAgents & Apps
- Open Source12 connections · 12 storiesAgents & Apps
- Enterprise AI12 connections · 11 storiesAgents & Apps
- Meta11 connections · 11 storiesAgents & Apps
- Permissioned Context11 connections · 7 storiesAgents & Apps
- Coding7 connections · 7 storiesAgents & Apps
The mood of our news
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Mixed
Last 30 days · Sep 21 – Oct 20 · moves forward with every edition
How positive or negative our news was, on a scale from 1.0 (extremely negative) to 10.0 (extremely positive). AI scores every story with a scoring guide for tech and AI news. There is no neutral middle: every story leans positive (6.0 and above) or negative (4.9 and below). It describes our stories, not all AI news. How we rate the mood
The evidence behind the coverage
Every story links its sources. Primary sources are the original documents, such as company announcements, filings, court papers and official statements. The rest is independent reporting and research.
| Topic | Stories | Sources per story | Primary sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agents & Apps | 3 | 6.7 | 30% |
| All topics | 3 | 6.7 | 30% |