Agents That Forge Their Own Tools: Self-Modifying AI in the Wild
What happens when your agent decides its existing tools aren't good enough and writes new ones? Self-modifying agents can generate, test, and deploy their own tool implementations at runtime, adapting to problems they weren't explicitly programmed to solve. In this session, we'll demo a live agent that forges its own tools on the fly, discuss the safety boundaries you need, and explore where this pattern makes sense (and where it absolutely doesn't).
About the Expo Stage 4 Track
Expo Stage 4 sessions at AI Engineer World's Fair 2026 in San Francisco.
When
Thursday, July 2, 2026
12:05 PM - 12:25 PM·20m
Where
Expo Stage 4
Capacity: 250 attendees
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Speaker
Sandhya Subramani
Senior Developer Advocate for Generative AI
Amazon Web Services
Sandhya Subramani is a Sr. Developer Advocate with 8+ years of experience in Applied AI Research, specializing in Large Language Models and agentic AI systems. She has developed and deployed AI solutions at organizations including Amazon, Warner Bros, and Fidelity Investments. Her work centers on turning cutting edge research into practical applications, and she is passionate about helping developers build intelligent systems that solve complex problems at scale.