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Agentic AI: On the Frontier of Autonomy

June 13, 2025 | 7 minutes reading time | By David Weldon

The capabilities build on, and go beyond, those of generative AI. The risks are still there.

Big questions continue to swirl around artificial intelligence: how the technology arms race will pan out; its effects on jobs and productivity; the tension between regulation and innovation; the returns on investment in business applications; the attainability of artificial general intelligence.

Such uncertainties have not gotten in the way of deployments and advances in large language models and generative AI – which rocketed into the mainstream after the 2022 launch of ChatGPT – and now the spread of agentic AI, which experts say is no mere buzzword.

“It has become increasingly important to establish a clear road map for use cases that not only deliver tangible business outcomes, but also enhance enterprise resilience, foster innovation and drive growth,” says a report by research firm IDC, “The Rise of Agentic AI: A Perspective into the State of the GenAI Technology Ecosystem.”

“Agentic AI workflows transform GenAI into consumable services capable of decision-making, executing complex tasks and integrating seamlessly with existing systems,” IDC explains. “Unlike traditional zero-shot querying, agents bring context, memory,...

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