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AI agent
Also: agentic AI, AI assistant
An AI agent is software that can plan steps, use tools, and complete a bounded task with your permission.
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An AI agent is software that can plan steps, use tools, and complete a bounded task with your permission. In everyday buying decisions, the useful question is not just what the spec says, but what it changes for comfort, cost, speed, safety, or battery life.
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