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⇱ AMD GAIA 0.16 Introduces C++17 Agent Framework For Building AI PC Agents In Pure C++ - Phoronix


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AMD GAIA 0.16 Introduces C++17 Agent Framework For Building AI PC Agents In Pure C++

Written by Michael Larabel in AMD on 7 March 2026 at 10:07 AM EST. 9 Comments
AMD's GAIA open-source framework for building AI agents that run locally on Ryzen AI hardware via the Radeon iGPUs and/or NPUs is up to version 0.16. With this new GAIA release is support for developing AI agents purely in C++ with no longer needing to depend upon Python.

GAIA has long catered to the Python programming language use as is popular with AI developers. While now with GAIA 0.16 is a native C++17 framework port. The same agent loop and tool registry and MPC interface is now available without any Python dependence. This allows easily writing AI agents for Ryzen AI hardware in pure C++:

👁 GAIA 0.16 C++ example


More code examples and other details on this native C++ framework via the cpp directory of GAIA.

👁 GAIA 0.16 C++ demo


The GAIA 0.16 release also improves its Python codebase, adds new health and WiFI agent examples, a new "CleanConsole" terminal UI for C++ agents, and other new features.

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