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AI Agents is the new thing to talk about

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Tech is evolving faster than ever in this AI era, that it feels every week there is something new to talk about, and what you learn weeks back is no longer relevant, or “that AI tools” already has gone through changes that you need to catch up with in order to stay relevant. 

Fear not, embrace the challenges and learnings, and find applications for it that are good and ethical for this present, and the hereafter. 

The new “craze” is AI agents, and for good reason! 

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In contrast with AI chatbots, an AI agent can execute tasks on your behalf. If you are thinking “that this could be agents that we leave running independently for many days for a group of deliveries”… Well then you are correct!

Are there risks? Should we talk about trust and accountability? The answer for both is yes. I already hinted at it a couple of paragraphs above, when I wrote “good and ethical”.

AI (Artificial Intelligence) agents are software that work autonomously, executing against complex activities (such as reasoning, using tools, etc.),  delivering on predefined and independent actions, which will augment productivity.

AI agents, benefits and challenges?

Benefits:

  1. Improved productivity (example: risk analysis)
  2. Reducing cost
  3. Informed decision-making

Challenges:

  1. Data privacy
  2. Ethical challenges
  3. Complexity. This is regarding the team skills, and the architecture required
  4. Limited compute resources

Lastly...

The Agentic AI era is here. Below is our Youtube videos' selection from the Big Tech CEOs presenting their vision and executions. They are long videos, and worth the watch.

  1. Microsoft. Satya Nadella at Microsoft Ignite 2024
  2. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Keynote at CES 2025
  3. Salesforce. Agentforce world tour in NYC. Main Keynotes



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