For technology adopters looking for the next big thing, "agentic AI" is the future. At least, that's what the marketing pitches and tech industry T-shirts say.

"A generative AI-based chatbot will say, 'Here are the great ideas' ... and then be done," said Swami Sivasubramanian, vice ...

Chatbots, however useful, are all talk and no action. AI agents, by contrast, are supposed to be able to take actions ...