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@aithority.com //
Agentic AI is rapidly transforming workflow orchestration across various industries. The rise of autonomous AI agents capable of strategic decision-making, interacting with external applications, and executing complex tasks with minimal human intervention is reshaping how enterprises operate. These intelligent agents are being deployed to handle labor-intensive tasks, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and to provide real-time insights, effectively acting as competent virtual assistants that can sift through data, work across platforms, and learn from processes. This shift represents a move away from fragmented automation tools towards dynamically coordinated systems that adapt to real-time signals and pursue outcomes with minimal human oversight.

Despite the potential benefits, integrating agentic AI into existing workflows requires careful consideration and planning. Companies need to build AI fluency within their workforce through training and education, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of AI agents and focusing on successful human-AI collaborations. It is also crucial to redesign workflows to leverage the capabilities of AI agents effectively, ensuring that they are integrated into the right processes and roles. Furthermore, organizations must not neglect supervision, establishing a central governance framework, maintaining ethical and security standards, fostering proactive risk response, and aligning decisions with wider company strategic goals.

American business executives are showing significant enthusiasm for AI agents, with many planning substantial increases in AI-related budgets. A recent PwC survey indicates that 88% of companies plan to increase AI-related budgets in the next 12 months due to agentic AI. The survey also reveals that a majority of senior executives are adopting AI agents into their companies, reporting benefits such as increased productivity, cost savings, faster decision-making, and improved customer experiences. However, less than half of the surveyed companies are rethinking operating models, suggesting that there is still untapped potential for leveraging AI agents to fundamentally reshape how work gets done.

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  • AiThority: Agentic AI is redefining how go-to-market teams orchestrate their operations.
  • AI News | VentureBeat: How can organizations decide how to use human-in-the-loop mechanisms and collaborative frameworks with AI agents?
  • SiliconANGLE: As artificial intelligence evolves, agentic AI is reshaping the landscape with autonomous agents that make decisions, initiate actions and execute complex tasks with minimal human input.

Rowan Cheung@The Rundown AI //
AI is rapidly transforming how businesses operate, particularly in streamlining data processing and automation. Mid-sized enterprises are leveraging AI data processing capabilities to automate repetitive tasks, extract valuable insights from extensive datasets, and minimize errors associated with manual processes. UiPath has launched Agentic Automation, a platform that expands the role of digital workers beyond routine tasks to intelligent AI agents capable of reasoning, adapting, and collaborating more like humans. This shift enables intelligent collaboration between AI, robots, and people, accelerating decision-making and boosting productivity gains across various enterprise environments.

UiPath's platform, featuring Maestro, coordinates AI agents, robots, and humans across business processes, transforming static workflows into dynamic streams of events that adapt to changing conditions in real-time. According to UiPath CEO Daniel Dines, agentic automation combines Robotic Process Automation (RPA), AI models, and human expertise into cohesive workflows. This integration allows for understanding, improving, and automating diverse workflows, thereby driving significant enterprise efficiency. The goal is to empower people to focus on meaningful work by freeing them from mundane tasks.

FutureHouse has also entered the scene with a new platform featuring four "superintelligent" AI agents—Crow, Falcon, Owl, and Phoenix—designed to assist scientists in navigating the vast amount of research literature. These agents are reportedly more accurate and precise than major frontier search models and even PhD-level researchers in literature search tasks. The AI agents can identify unexplored mechanisms, find contradictions in literature, analyze experimental methods, customize research pipelines, and reason about chemical compounds. This innovation promises to accelerate scientific discovery by automating and enhancing the research process.

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  • Data Phoenix: FutureHouse has launched a platform featuring four "superintelligent" AI agents—Crow, Falcon, Owl, and Phoenix—designed to help scientists navigate the overwhelming volume of research literature through research capabilities that reportedly outperform both frontier models and PhD-level researchers.
  • The Rundown AI: PLUS: How agents are transforming the future of work
  • techstrong.ai: ServiceNow’s Road to AI Agents Leads to New Workflow Ecosystem, Acquisition of data.world
  • techstrong.ai: As organizations race to implement artificial intelligence (AI) solutions across their tech stack, they must recognize that success requires more than just investing in the most cutting-edge technology; it demands a robust data environment and strategic preparation. Technology leaders and developer teams need to build this strong foundation in order to position their organizations for [...]
  • www.microsoft.com: Helping retailers and consumer goods organizations identify the most valuable agentic AI use cases
  • the-decoder.com: Bytedance launches Agent TARS, an open-source AI automation agent
  • www.marktechpost.com: ByteDance Open-Sources DeerFlow: A Modular Multi-Agent Framework for Deep Research Automation
  • Bernard Marr: AI agents represent the next frontier beyond chatbots, capable of taking autonomous actions that could transform how we work and live.
  • drive.starcio.com: Are Engineers Prepared for the Emerging Agentic AI Software Development World?
  • www.unite.ai: The Rise of Agentic AI: A Strategic Three-Step Approach to Intelligent Automation

@news.microsoft.com //
References: Ken Yeung , The Dataiku Blog ,
AI agents are rapidly transforming business operations across various industries, with companies like HubSpot, Writer, and Microsoft leading the charge in developing and deploying these intelligent systems. These agents are designed to automate tasks, improve efficiency, and empower businesses, particularly small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), to compete with larger enterprises. AI agents represent a significant shift in how work is approached, offering the potential to streamline processes and unlock new levels of productivity.

Microsoft is actively working to bring AI agents to organizations, emphasizing the importance of adopting an "AI-first mindset" to remain competitive. HubSpot has introduced new AI-powered tools built on its Breeze AI platform, including customer assistants, knowledge base tools, prospecting assistants, and content generators, all designed to help SMBs scale their go-to-market efforts. Writer has launched AI HQ, a centralized hub for enterprises to orchestrate agent-powered work, featuring a low-code Agent Builder and a library of ready-to-use agents for tasks across various sectors like finance and healthcare.

Beyond business applications, AI agents are also making strides in other fields. DeepMind has developed an AI that teaches itself to play Minecraft from scratch, demonstrating the ability to learn complex maneuvers without human guidance. Google DeepMind has created AI agents like AMIE and Co-Scientist that are outperforming human doctors in diagnostic accuracy and making independent scientific discoveries. Furthermore, efforts are underway to secure agentic AI systems from threats, ensure model context, and build robust AI architectures to support successful agent implementation.

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george.fitzmaurice@futurenet.com (George@Latest from ITPro //
References: www.itpro.com , Databricks
The AI agent landscape is rapidly evolving, with major tech companies pushing 'do-it-yourself' agent platforms to drive AI adoption. Firms like Oracle, OpenAI, AWS, Salesforce, and Workday are releasing platforms that allow users to build custom agents, rather than offering pre-built solutions. This emphasis on customization stems from the understanding that AI agent use cases are often less deterministic and require tailoring to specific business contexts. Gartner analyst Pieter J. den Hamer highlights the need for customization, noting that end-users gain the most from agentic tools when they have full control over their functionality.

Dataiku offers a platform to build AI agents that optimize workflows, enhance productivity, and automate complex processes. They allow users to add tools that extend agent capabilities, allowing integration with external systems. China's Manus AI is emerging as a potential leader, moving beyond chatbots to autonomous agents capable of executing real-world tasks with minimal human oversight. Other offerings include Databricks Apps, which can be combined with React and Mosaic AI Agent Framework, to create enterprise chat solutions.

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  • www.itpro.com: Article discusses 'DIY' agent platforms and their potential to drive AI adoption.
  • Databricks: Blog post on building Databricks Apps with React and Mosaic AI Agents for Enterprise Chat Solutions