The Next AI Wave - Agents - Should Come With Warning Labels
ComputerWorld, Monday, January 13th, 2025
AI agents are still in the experimental stage, so using them comes with risk. But many companies are quickly looking to adopt the tech to create new efficiencies anyway.
The next wave of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is already under way, as AI agents - AI applications that can function independently and execute complex workflows with minimal or limited direct human oversight - are being rolled out across the tech industry.
Unlike a large language model (LLM) or generative AI (genAI) tools, which usually focus on creating content such as text, images, and music, agentic AI is designed to emphasize proactive problem-solving and complex task execution, much as a human would. The key word is 'agency,' or software that can act on its own.