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Published by Capital Client Group, Inc. Hey, What's News listeners, it's Sunday, March 29th.
I'm Alex Osola for The Wall Street Journal.
This is What 's News Sunday, the show where we tackle the big questions about the biggest stories in the news
by reaching out to our colleagues across the newsroom to help explain what 's happening in our world.
On today's show, agentic AI is the buzziest word in tech right now.
AI agents are taking on tasks like tracking customer orders and making restaurant reservations.
And the next generation promises to be even more powerful, becoming kind of like a personal assistant.
But AI agents also come with big risks, even as they may stand to finally help tech companies
make money off artificial intelligence.
Journal tech reporter Isabel Busquets joins me to discuss.
Isabel, when developers or companies refer to an AI agent or AI assistant, what do they mean?
What is that?
This is a very overhyped, overused term, and I don't think the industry has a common definition.
But at its base, an agent is an AI that can do something for you.