Today, we’re diving into Hugging Face’s smolagents – a new development that gives AI models more autonomy. Hugging Face, the open-source AI powerhouse behind technologies like Transformers, has now turned its attention to AI agents – programs where AI models can plan and execute tasks on their own – and their latest library smolagents makes building these agents simpler than ever​. In this short episode, I’ll break down what smolagents are, how they work, and why they’re a big deal for developers, businesses, and researchers alike.