Welcome to AI Circuit, in April’s edition:The great web rebuild: Infrastructure for the AI agent eraMeet Gemini 2.5 Flash: Fast, smart, and fully tunableAIOps in action: AI & automation transforming IT operationsMicrosoft’s 1-bit LLM is fast, tiny, and open sourceHow to 8‑bit quantize large models using bits and bytesReading time: 4 minutes The great web rebuild: Infrastructure for the AI agent eraBooking flights. Comparing prices. Managing data privacy.In 2028, your AI agent does it all without hitting a single CAPTCHA or fraud alert.The secret? Agent passports: cryptographic credentials that prove delegation, set spending limits, and unlock seamless agent-to-agent coordination.We’re entering the agent-first internet, where human-era systems (CAPTCHAs, review sites, IP throttling) break down, and new infrastructure rises to support fully autonomous assistants.What’s changing?Identity: agents verify delegation, not humanityPrivacy: agents manage granular data permissions in real timeTrust: star ratings are out, verifiable metrics are inSecurity: new attack surfaces, new protectionsThe takeaway? The next internet runs on agents. And whoever builds the infrastructure? Wins.Meet Gemini 2.5 Flash: Fast, smart, and fully tunableGoogle just dropped Gemini 2.5 Flash. An accelerated, cost-efficient model with a twist: you control how much it thinks.It’s the first hybrid reasoning model:Turn thinking on/off depending on your use caseSet a thinking budget to balance speed, quality, and costKeep Flash-fast responses with smarter performanceEven with reasoning disabled, 2.5 Flash outperforms its predecessor and crushes the price-to-performance curve.Need deep logic for tough prompts? Crank up the budget.Just want speed? Set it to zero. Either way, you’re in control. The takeaway? Fast is table stakes. Controllable reasoning is the future.Top AI Accelerator Institute resources1. Today (April 24), discover how prompt injection attacks are putting generative AI at risk and the defenses you need to stay ahead in our live session, Words as Weapons.2. How to balance helpfulness and harmlessness in AI 3. AWS, Anthropic, and Glean unpack how enterprises can scale AI smartly with agentic tech, rock-solid security, and real ROI on May 6AIOps in action: AI & automation transforming IT operationsTraditional IT ops are slow, reactive, and overloaded.AIOps flips the script.By using AI to monitor, analyze, and resolve issues in real-time, AIOps delivers:Predictive maintenance that prevents outagesAutomated incident response that slashes downtimeRoot cause analysis with zero guessworkScalable automation that frees up IT teamsOne bank cut time to detect by 35 percent and resolve by 43 percent using AIOps.The takeaway? AI isn’t just streamlining IT: it’s making it self-healing.Microsoft’s 1-bit LLM is fast, tiny, and open sourceMeet BitNet b1.58 2B4T: Microsoft’s ultra-efficient, open-source LLM that runs on just 400MB of memory.How? It uses only -1, 0, and 1 for full-precision weights, making it ideal for low-power devices like phones and edge hardware. Trained on 4T tokens, it punches way above its bit-size on:Language tasksMath reasoningCodingConversationsAnd it’s not just small; it’s free on Hugging Face.The takeaway? LLMs don’t have to be massive to be mighty. BitNet proves it.Get involved with AI Accelerator Institute> View the full 2025 event calendar and network with AI experts.> LLMOps Landscape Survey – 5 minutes helps shape the industryHow to 8‑bit quantize large models using bits and bytesMassive models, massive problems: until you quantize. 8-bit quantization shrinks model size, reduces memory usage, and boosts speed, all with minimal loss of accuracy.Here’s what it unlocks:75 percent memory savingsFaster inference on CPUs, GPUs, edge devicesEnergy-efficient deploymentNo major code changes with tools like BitsAndBytesA real-world example is IBM Granite: 2B parameters, now edge-ready with a single config flag.The takeaway? Quantization is the quiet revolution powering real-world AI.Added to our Pro and Pro+ membership dashboard this month: OnDemand:Generative AI Summit Washington, D.C.Generative AI Summit AustinGenerative AI Summit TorontoComputer Vision Summit LondonExclusive articles:The truth about enterprise AI agents (and how to get value from them)How to secure LLMs with the fastest guardrails for peak AI performanceGenAI creation: Building for cross-platform wearable AI and mobile experiencesBuilding advanced AI systems: Challenges and best practicesYou’re currently an Insider member. Upgrade to Pro+ to access all this every month, plus a complimentary in-person ticket, and members’ events.Reach 2.3 million+ AI professionalsSpread the word about your brand, acquire new customers, and grow revenue.Engage AIAI’s core audience of engineers, builders, and executives across 25+ countries spanning North America, Asia, and EMEA.Message Jordan to discuss and partner with us.