New demo: CDE governance middleware for tool-using agents.

Gateway enforces:
0 ✅ pass
1 ⚠️ dry-run+diff
2 ⛔ destructive unless capability lease

Repo: putmanmodel/agent-tool-governance-gateway
Demo: cd gateway_node && npm i && npm run demo

#AI #agents #tooluse #governance #FastAPI

Veronika the Cow Teaches Herself to Use a Tool — Manuela Hoelterhoff Veronika is a 13-year-old Swiss brown cow living with the Wiegele family in the mountain village of Nötsch in southern Austria. When she was about two years old, her owners noticed she would sometimes...

Veronika is a 13-year-old Swiss brown cow living in the mountain village of Nötsch in southern Austria. When she was about two years old, her owners noticed she would sometimes grab a stick in her mouth and use it to scratch her body. #animalintelligence #tooluse #cows #CurrentBiology #Smartcow

#NewPaper on adaptive tool use in Veronika the Carinthian #Cow 🐮 🧪
#CompCogPapers #AnimalBehvior #ComparativePsychology #AnimalCognition #ToolUse #CarinthianBlondvieh

Austrian cow shows first case of flexible, multi-purpose tool use in cattle In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson published a now-iconic "Far Side" comic titled "Cow Tools." In it, a cow stands proudly beside a jumble of bizarre, useless objects that are "tools" in name only. The j...

🧪Another reason not to eat cows, phys.org/news/2026-01... #cows #cattle #intelligence #Mammals #diet #tooluse

Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow A narrated overview of Veronika’s flexible use of a multipurpose tool. The video introduces Veronika, a 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow living in rural Austria, ...

Watch Veronika, a Swiss Brown cow, use a broom as a tool to scratch herself! 🐄✨ Flexible tool use in cattle shows intelligence we often overlook.
▶️ https://www.rfr.bz/b5180f9
#AnimalIntelligence #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #AnimalMinds #ToolUse #Veronicathecow #Rewilding

(2/2) … Tool use offers a stringent test of cognitive flexibility. The flexible #tooluse by a cow invites a reassessment of livestock cognition: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #cow #cognition #ethics #animalrights

ToolOrchestra: Elevating Intelligence via Efficient Model and Tool Orchestration Large language models are powerful generalists, yet solving deep and complex problems such as those of the Humanity's Last Exam (HLE) remains both conceptually challenging and computationally…

8B “ToolOrchestra” trains an RL-orchestrator to route across tools & stronger LLMs—37.1% on HLE vs GPT-5’s 35.1% at big cost savings; open code, model & data. arxiv.org/abs/2511.21689 #AI #LLM #ToolUse

Wolf uses tool in stunning video The gray wolf reeled in a crab trap with a rope, sparking a debate among biologists.

Canadian Gray Wolf learns how to grab crab bait… 🤔🌍

Video and story: www.popsci.com/environment/...

#BehaviouralEcology #ToolUse #Mammals #Ecology

Archaeologists Discover Earliest Evidence of Humans Using Tools to Make Fire Sparking our evolution.

Archaeologists Discover Earliest Evidence of Humans Using Tools to Make Fire #Science #Archaeology #Other #AncientHumans #ToolUse #FireMaking

Wolf uses tool in stunning video Some 300 miles north of Vancouver, nestled among the rocky bays and forests of the Haíɫzaqv Nation, a wily​​ gray wolf helps itself to a snack. On its own, this isn’t remarkable and happens all...

Wolf uses tool in stunning video #Science #Biology #Zoology #AnimalBehavior #ToolUse #WildlifeDocumentary

Wolf hauls up crab trap to eat bait, hinting at possible tool use Researchers in Canada have documented a wild gray wolf hauling a crab trap out of the water to eat the bait inside, according to a recent study. Researchers suggest it ...

🐺💡 Wild wolf shows possible tool use! A coastal wolf in BC was filmed pulling a crab trap from the water to eat the bait inside — a fascinating glimpse into wolf intelligence and adaptability.

https://www.rfr.bz/b55b408

#wolves #tooluse #predator #carnivores #canids #ethology #ecology

Alibaba’s new AgentEvolver auto‑creates tasks, boosting tool‑use accuracy by ~30%. The feedback loop and self‑generated curricula could reshape autonomous assistants. Curious? Dive into the details! #AgentEvolver #ToolUse #SyntheticTasks

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Rare Footage of Wolf Stealing Bait May Be First Reported Example of Tool Use in Species Discover how wolves in British Columbia are using crab traps to reel in food.

Rare Footage of Wolf Stealing Bait May Be First Reported Example of Tool Use in Species #Science #Biology #Zoology #WolfBehavior #ToolUse #AnimalResearch

Potential Tool Use by Wolves (Canis lupus): Crab Trap Pulling in Haíɫzaqv Nation Territory Recently, recurring damage to crab traps used by Haíɫzaqv Nation Guardians to control a European Green Crab invasion was investigated with remote cameras. A wolf was recorded emerging from the water ...

Potential #ToolUse by #Wolves (#Canis lupus): #CrabTrapPulling in #HaíɫzaqvNation Territory #Haíłzaqv #NationHeiltsuk #KyleArtelle
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Une #louve épate les #scientifiques
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'I Couldn't Believe My Eyes': Wild Wolf Seen Using Tool in Stunning First Researchers captured the remarkably sophisticated behavior on video.

'I Couldn't Believe My Eyes': Wild Wolf Seen Using Tool in Stunning First #Science #Biology #Zoology #WildlifeBehavior #AnimalIntelligence #ToolUse

Drugs, Murder and Boat-Smashing: 5 Scary Dolphin Facts Dolphins get high and murder porpoises, while orcas (the biggest dolphin) attack boats, kill great whites... and give humans gifts of food!

Did you know that dolphins have used shells to catch fish… and that orcas (the biggest dolphins) have fashion fads, hunt great whites and have given gifts of food to humans?
#dolphin #orca #killerwhale #animal #nature #tooluse #wildlife

This might be the first recorded tool use by a wild wolf — National Geographic While researchers are divided on the conclusion, the behavior shows wolves may be smarter than we thought.

This might be the first recorded #tooluse by a wild #wolf - National Geographic

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A wolf raided a crab trap. Was it tool use or just canine cunning? Video from the Haíɫzaqv Nation Indigenous community shows a wolf hauling a crab trap ashore. Scientists are split on whether it counts as tool use.

A wolf raided a crab trap. Was it tool use or just canine cunning? #Science #Biology #Zoology #AnimalBehavior #ToolUse #CanineIntelligence

Screenshot of the first page of a Philosophy of Science journal article titled “Tool Use Beyond Humans” by Gianmaria Dani and Grant Ramsey, published by the Philosophy of Science Association. The authors are affiliated with the Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science at KU Leuven, Belgium. Abstract: The definition of tool use has long been debated, especially when applied beyond humans. Recent work argues that the phenomena included within tool use are so broad and varied that there is little hope of using the category for scientific generalizations, explanations, and predictions about the evolution, ecology, and psychology of tool users. One response to this argument has been the development of tooling as a replacement for tool use. In this article, we analyze the tool use and tooling frameworks. Identifying advantages and limitations in each, we offer a synthetic approach that suggests promising avenues for future research.

Defining non-human #ToolUse remains contested, complicating scientific generalization & inspiring the concept of “tooling.” Our new 📄 @philscijournal.bsky.social proposes a synthetic framework to advance research on 🔧 use & tooling 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #philsci #cogsci #evosky #HPbio

Thanks, Mark. That is so cool how the vulture takes the rock and stretches out to full height before dropping it. Smart bird! I didn't realize it was an ostritch egg--they are huge. Puts the birds in better perspective.😊

Thank you so much for explaining.

#birds #vultures #tooluse

Fossil hand bones point to tool use outside the Homo lineage The fossil wrist and thumb bones suggest Paranthropus boisei could grasp tools around 1.5 million years ago.

Fossil hand bones point to tool use outside the Homo lineage #Science #Biology #EvolutionaryBiology #ToolUse #FossilRecord #Evolution

Human #nestbuilding all in the name of 🧪

Luckily my teachers 🦧 were the best!

Construction is not as easy as you think - got 5 minutes? Show me what you can do!

#nestbuildingchallenge
#primates
#orangutans
#tooluse
#technology

Survey Highlights Small Language Models for Efficient AI Agents

A new survey shows language models of just 1‑12 billion parameters—such as Phi‑4‑Mini and Qwen‑2.5‑7B—can power reliable AI agents on commodity hardware, slashing token and energy costs. Read more: getnews.me/survey-highlights-small-... #slm #tooluse

Jane Goodall's Legacy: How Chimpanzee Tool Use Redefined Humanity

At 26, Goodall saw a Gombe chimp use a straw blade to fish termites, prompting Leakey to call for redefining “tool” and “man.” Read more: getnews.me/jane-goodalls-legacy-how... #janegoodall #chimpanzee #tooluse

Jane Goodall’s Five Groundbreaking Discoveries About Chimpanzees

Jane Goodall began her Gombe study in July 1960 and by October 1960 recorded the first chimpanzee tool use when male David Greybeard used a stick to fish termites. getnews.me/jane-goodalls-five-groun... #janegoodall #chimpanzee #tooluse

ThinkBrake: Reducing Overthinking in AI Tool Reasoning

ThinkBrake, an inference‑time heuristic, raised tool‑call accuracy on the Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard from 85.8% to 94.2% and cut token usage by up to 25%. Read more: getnews.me/thinkbrake-reducing-over... #thinkbrake #tooluse #ai

Online-Optimized RAG Boosts Tool Use and Function Calling

The new Online‑Optimized RAG framework updates retrieval embeddings after each interaction using a simple binary success signal, boosting correct tool selection without altering the language model. Read more: getnews.me/online-optimized-rag-boo... #rag #tooluse

ResT Boosts Tool-Use Performance of Large Language Models

ResT, an entropy‑informed gradient method, boosts tool‑use performance of LLMs, beating prior approaches by up to 8.76% and letting a 4B model exceed GPT‑4o by 4.11% on single‑turn tasks. Read more: getnews.me/rest-boosts-tool-use-per... #rest #tooluse #llm

RandomWorld: Procedural Generation Boosts Tool-Use Agents

RandomWorld, a pipeline for procedurally generating interactive tools, was accepted at EMNLP 2025 and improves tool‑use agents, achieving state‑of‑the‑art NESTFUL scores. Read more: getnews.me/randomworld-procedural-g... #randomworld #tooluse #emnlp2025

CodeGym Boosts Generalizable Tool-Use RL for LLM Agents

CodeGym lets LLM agents train tool‑use via interactive coding tasks; the Qwen2.5‑32B‑Instruct model gained 8.7 points accuracy on the τ‑Bench OOD benchmark. Read more: getnews.me/codegym-boosts-generaliz... #codegym #llm #tooluse