News Summary

Jack Dorsey’s fintech company, Block, known for its platforms Square and Cash App, has launched an open-source AI agent called Goose. This AI tool is designed to assist in coding and automate tasks by utilizing popular large language models such as Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet and OpenAI’s o1 model. Goose aims to enhance productivity and is configurable to work with various LLMs and extensions, integrating with developer tools like GitHub and Google Drive. The AI agent, which took nine months to develop, has been adopted by 1,000 engineers internally and is now available for public use.