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The Year in Tech, 2026
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The Year in Tech, 2026

by Harvard Business Review, Scott D. Anthony, Amy Webb, José Parra-Moyano, Christina Shim
October 2025
Intermediate to advanced
176 pages
2h 18m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
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1 WHAT IS AGENTIC AI, AND HOW WILL IT CHANGE WORK?

by Mark Purdy

The way humans interact and collaborate with AI is taking a dramatic leap forward with agentic AI. Think: AI-powered agents that can plan your next trip overseas and make all the travel arrangements; humanlike bots that act as virtual caregivers for the elderly; or AI-powered supply-chain specialists that can optimize inventories on the fly in response to fluctuations in real-time demand. These are just some of the possibilities opened up by the coming era of agentic AI.

While previous AI assistants were rules-based and had limited ability to act independently, agentic AI will be empowered to do more on our behalf. But what, exactly, is agentic AI? “You can define agentic ...

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