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Alex Hughes

A guide to agentic AI: How Windows is going to do more things for you

Windows 11.

The AI space is competitive. While companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have dominated, Microsoft is coming out swinging right now. With the yearly Microsoft Build event now wrapped up, we can officially say Microsoft is going all in on the next phase of AI: agents.

Agentic AI is a term you’ve likely heard thrown around a lot, and while it is often talked up with marketing buzzwords, the idea is fairly simple. Whilst AI of the past often worked in a Q&A format, answering your prompts with detailed explanations, agentic AI looks to skip the middleman and do your tasks for you.

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