Agent

An AI agent is an autonomous software program that performs tasks or services for a user or another system, often leveraging artificial intelligence to understand requests, take actions, and achieve goals without direct human intervention.

Why it’s in the news: AI agents are in the news due to their increasing integration into business tools like Slack and IT systems, alongside rising concerns over their uncontrolled spending and operational impact.

Latest on Agent

• Agentic Search. More accurate and efficient results from your AI systems.
• Serval’s super agent Catalyst creates roving background agents to identify and fix IT issues before they’re ticketed
• NanoClaw comes to Slack, letting you create persistent AI agent teams and colleagues from a single message
• One in five enterprises can't stop a runaway AI agent's spending in real time
• Slack launches Slack Code, where teams and AI agents build together
• Army Cyber training AI agents in cyber ‘work roles’ alongside human counterparts

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