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Sam from AIDotDev

AI isn’t just helping developers. It’s becoming one.

In this week’s AIDotDev, we’re diving into:

• AI Index 2025’s big reveal (compute costs hit $3B+, coding agents crush it!)

• Goolge drop AI update, Agent Development Kit + Agent2Agent. powering Multi-Agent Systems with Gemini 2.5

• Cloudflare Containers’ global compute takeover

• 1 learning drops, 3 hot tools, and 1 project to steal ideas from

Let’s build smarter. 🛠️

📰 AI DEV BITES

DEV BITES CONTENT

• AI Index 2025: Compute Costs Soar, Safety Concerns Lag, and Coding Agents Lead

• Vertex AI’s Multi-Agent Breakthrough: Build and Deploy Collaborative AI with Ease

• Cloudflare Containers: Global Compute Power Hits Workers in 2025

• Other Updates

AI Index 2025: Compute Costs Soar, Safety Concerns Lag, and Coding Agents Lead

Stanford’s 2025 AI Index Report Highlights Skyrocketing Compute, Uneven Safety Progress, and Coding Breakthroughs

The Details:

• Compute Costs Explode: Frontier model training now hits $3B+, with compute budgets doubling yearly since 2020.

• Safety Underfunded: Only 4% of AI research budgets focus on safety, despite 68% of experts calling for stricter regulations.

• Coding Agents Surge: 72% of developers use AI coding tools, with top models like CodeLlama solving 89% of GitHub issues autonomously.

• Economic Impact: AI boosted global GDP by 1.7% in 2024, but job displacement risks rise for 12% of white-collar roles.

• Bias Persists: 63% of vision models show gender bias in image outputs, down just 5% from 2023.

Developer Impact:
Developers gain massive wins with AI coding agents slashing debugging time and boosting productivity. However, soaring compute costs could lock out smaller teams, and persistent biases in models demand careful integration. Open source tools offer flexibility, but safety and regulation gaps may complicate deployment.

Vertex AI’s Multi-Agent Breakthrough: Build and Deploy Collaborative AI with Ease

Google’s Vertex AI Unveils Agent Development Kit and Engine, Powering Multi-Agent Systems with Gemini 2.5

The Details:

• Agent Development Kit : Open source framework to build multi agent systems in under 100 lines of Python, with bidirectional audio/video and Agent Garden’s ready to use samples.

• Agent Engine: Fully managed runtime for deploying custom agents with enterprise-grade testing, scaling, and security.

• Agent2Agent Protocol: Open standard for cross-framework agent collaboration, backed by 50+ partners like Salesforce and PayPal.

• Data Integration: Connects agents to enterprise data via Model Context Protocol (MCP), Google Maps, or 100+ pre-built connectors.

• Model Flexibility: Supports Gemini 2.5, Anthropic, Mistral, and 200+ models, deployable locally or on Vertex AI.

Developer Impact:
Vertex AI’s ADK empowers developers to craft collaborative AI agents that reason and integrate with enterprise systems, all with minimal code. Deploy reliably via Agent Engine or debug locally, but complex setups may challenge solo devs. Open protocols and model choice unlock flexibility, though mastering guardrails for secure, unbiased outputs requires careful tuning.

Cloudflare Containers: Global Compute Power Hits Workers in 2025

Cloudflare Announces Containers for Workers, Launching June 2025 with Deep Serverless Integration

The Details:

• Global Containers: Run Docker containers on Cloudflare’s 330+ node network, supporting any language, CLI tools, or heavy compute tasks like AI inference, with open beta starting late June 2025.

• Pay-Per-Use Pricing: Scales to zero, billing only for active runtime in 10ms increments, with containers auto-sleeping after configurable timeouts for cost efficiency.

• Workers Synergy: Blend containers with serverless Workers as API gateways, service meshes, or orchestrators, enabling hybrid apps via simple if-else logic in Worker scripts.

• Portability: Migrate apps from AWS, GCP, or Azure without rewrites, leveraging Cloudflare’s registry to build and deploy images globally with low-latency pre-warming.

• Programmable Control: Use Durable Objects as programmable sidecars to start, stop, monitor, or script containers, supporting use cases like video-to-GIF conversion or LLM code execution.

Developer Impact:
Cloudflare Containers empower devs to run complex workloads, like AI models or legacy apps on a global, auto scaling network with minimal setup. Pairing with Workers simplifies building hybrid apps, but mastering new APIs and debugging distributed containers may stump smaller teams. Portability eases cloud transitions, though cost optimization and security tuning require careful attention.

Other Updates:

• Windsurf wave 7 - The Windsurf Plugin brings Cascade’s AI-powered coding tools to JetBrains IDEs, enhancing IntelliJ, PyCharm, and more with smart Autocomplete, Write, and Chat features.

• Bolt.news support native Stripe integration

📚 CURATED LEARNING RESOURCES

A developer's guide to thrive vs. AI in coding

Reselman argues that while AI excels at routine coding tasks, human developers can stay ahead by focusing on what AI can’t replicate: deep analysis, imagination, and creativity.

This guide stands out for its practical insights, like crafting precise AI prompts to get better results and understanding the limits of AI-generated code, especially for nondeterministic tasks. It’s packed with real-world examples, such as building a competitive app or testing AI outputs, making complex ideas accessible. Reselman also warns about over-relying on AI, urging developers to master the “why” behind the code to remain indispensable.

Perfect for coders at any level, this resource empowers you to leverage AI as a tool while honing the uniquely human skills that keep you ahead in an AI-shaped future. It’s a clear, actionable roadmap for thriving in a rapidly evolving field.

⚙️ NEW TOOLS

• Firebase Studio - Firebase Studio accelerates your entire development lifecycle with AI agents. Build backends, front ends, and mobile apps, all in one place.

• Agent Development Kit : Open-source framework to build multi agent systems in under 100 lines of Python

• Agent2Agent Protocol: Open standard for cross framework agent collaboration

🧸 AI-Powered Building: HOW PEOPLE DO IT

That’s a wrap for this week 👋

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Until next time.

keep building the future!

Sam @ AIDotDev 🚀