January 20, 2026

How Too Much Information Destroys Agent Performance

Most AI agents fail because you're using them wrong. Here’s what actually works in production. In this episode, Simon Maple sits down with Itamar Friedman (CEO of Qodo) and Robert Brennan (CEO of OpenHands) at QCon AI. They pull back the curtain on why agents hallucinate, provide inconsistent answers, and ship low-quality code. On the docket: • Why a third of developer-reported AI output is incorrect • Why you must separate creative coding agents from structured review agents • How ex...

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