As reported a few weeks ago, Perplexity has introduced an AI-powered shopping assistant for its US subscribers that aims to automate online purchases. The new service allows the AI to navigate retail websites, search for products, and complete checkout processes on behalf of customers. The system uses Stripe’s payment infrastructure to generate single-use debit cards …
Google Cloud has launched AI Agent Space, a new ecosystem program enabling businesses to develop and deploy AI agents for task automation and process optimization. As reported by Carl Franzen for VentureBeat, this initiative positions Google alongside competitors Microsoft, SAP, and Salesforce in the enterprise AI market. The platform provides partners with development tools, engineering …
Orchestrator agents are becoming essential tools for managing multiple AI agents in enterprise environments. According to an article by Emilia David in VentureBeat, these specialized agents coordinate activities between different AI bots while ensuring smooth integration with existing systems. Key features include robust integration capabilities with enterprise systems, deep understanding of business processes, and strong …
OpenText has announced major updates to its AI capabilities through Cloud Editions (CE) 24.4, Sean Michael Kerner reports. The enterprise software vendor has expanded its Aviator technology to include 15 products supported by 102 autonomous agents across its portfolio of content management, DevOps, messaging, database, and security solutions. The company has introduced a 30-day “Earn …
Microsoft announced significant updates to its AI agent ecosystem at its Ignite conference, expanding support to include 1,800 models through Azure AI. The company revealed that over 100,000 organizations are currently using or editing AI agents through its Copilot Studio platform. The updates include new autonomous capabilities that allow agents to work independently without human …
OpenAI is preparing to launch a new AI agent called “Operator” that can perform automated tasks like coding and travel booking on behalf of users, according to reporting by Shirin Ghaffary and Rachel Metz for Bloomberg. The company plans to release the tool in January 2024 as both a research preview and through their developer …
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems are being improved through the integration of AI agents, according to an analysis by Shubham Sharma for VentureBeat. While traditional RAG systems combine data retrieval with language models to provide contextual answers, they are limited to single knowledge sources. The new “agentic RAG” approach incorporates AI agents that can access multiple …
Box has unveiled two major AI-focused products: Box AI Studio for creating custom AI agents and Box Apps for building no-code enterprise applications. CEO Aaron Levie announced these tools at the BoxWorks event as part of the company’s expansion from file sharing into intelligent content management, VentureBeat reports. Box AI Studio, built on partnerships with …
Microsoft has released Magentic-One, a new open-source infrastructure that enables a single AI model to manage multiple helper agents working together to complete complex, multi-step tasks in various scenarios. According to a paper by Microsoft researchers, Magentic-One is a generalist agentic system that can “fully realize the long-held vision of agentic systems that can enhance …
Many recently announced “AI agents” are actually sophisticated automation systems, according to Brian Evergreen and Pascal Bornet writing for VentureBeat. True AI agents can research, reason, decide and act to achieve a goal with full autonomy, while automation simply follows predefined recipes when conditions are met. Identifying genuine agency requires looking at a system’s behavior …