Their ability to independently execute complex multistep tasks鈥攍ike writing code, booking travel, and managing investments with minimal human oversight鈥攚ill allow users to focus on higher-value activities. The tech giant battle for AI agent supremacy has begun. Major tech companies are rapidly commercializing AI agents:. OpenAI is preparing to launch 鈥淥perator鈥� in January 2025.
Their ability to execute complex multistep tasks independently鈥攍ike writing code, booking travel, and managing investments鈥攚ith minimal human oversight will allow users to focus on higher-value activities. Unlike basic chatbots that require step-by-step prompting, these agents can understand broader goals and autonomously determine how to achieve them.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) suffered an external communications blackout and travel bans. It had to cancel meetings that will delay decision-making about what medical research to fund next.