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AX – Google’s Open Agentic Orchestrator

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  1. Mond_ · · focus · HN ↗
    The reality with releases like this is that I'm 90% sure most Google bigwigs have never heard of it, and it's misleading to label it as "Google's" in the title.

    Yes, it was developed by Google employees, that does not imply it has the full backing of Google, or Deepmind, or GCP. Notably, the website doesn't seem to claim this either.

    1. Stagnant · · focus · HN ↗
      It is on Google&#x27;s github <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;google&#x2F;ax" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;google&#x2F;ax and the title comes from there.
      1. yla92 · · focus · HN ↗
        While this one seems like an official Google project, some other projects are not, even if it is on github.com&#x2F;google

        A random example E.g <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;google&#x2F;filament#disclaimer" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;google&#x2F;filament#disclaimer

        This is not an officially supported Google product.

        1. welhoilija · · focus · HN ↗
          Does Filament claim that it&#x27;s Google&#x27;s in the repo description? It&#x27;s a valid title.
      2. Mond_ · · focus · HN ↗
        Fair enough, I missed that specific line. The point still stands that I wouldn&#x27;t expect this to have GDM leadership backing. (If you&#x27;re planning to use this at all, that matters for how much faith you should have in the product.)
      3. ShinyLeftPad · · focus · HN ↗
        it&#x27;s built on top of <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;agent-substrate&#x2F;substrate" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;agent-substrate&#x2F;substrate which is not on Google github.
        1. jcw90210 · · focus · HN ↗
          Agent Substrate is being moved to CNCF: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cncf&#x2F;sandbox&#x2F;issues&#x2F;523" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cncf&#x2F;sandbox&#x2F;issues&#x2F;523
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