Not just chatbots: The age of AI agents has begun

For the past several years, artificial intelligence has occupied a mostly passive role in a consumer’s life. It summarised documents, or helped write emails. These functions, while useful, kept AI in the realm of text prediction, never straying too far from its humble chatbot origins. That’s changing fast.

The latest iterations of AI are no longer waiting to be prompted. They’re learning to follow up, complete tasks, and even operate independently. Whether through Meta’s new AI Studio or OpenAI‘s recently launched ChatGPT agent, a new class of AI is emerging — more like an unpaid intern.