Tag: AI Agents
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Are AI Agents Ready for the Workplace? A New Benchmark Raises Doubts
Introduction: The Promise vs. The Reality Two years into the AI revolution, the question isn’t whether AI agents exist, but whether they belong in the typical workplace. High-profile predictions—such as those from tech leaders suggesting AI could shoulder much of knowledge work—have raised expectations about faster decision-making, cost savings, and new forms of collaboration. Yet…
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Are AI Agents Ready for the Workplace? A Benchmark Sparks Doubt
Introduction: A Rising Expectation Meets a Harsh Benchmark The AI productivity hype has reached a fever pitch. Since early promises that AI agents could replace knowledge workers, many organizations have watched the tech evolve from clever assistants to more autonomous systems. Yet a fresh benchmark looking at AI agents in practical, workplace-like tasks is casting…
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AI Agents and the Math Behind the Promises That Fell Short
The Promise vs. the Reality In the tech world, 2025 was billed as a watershed year for AI agents—autonomous systems that could plan, reason, and act across a range of tasks. The narrative was bold: by now, businesses would deploy AI agents that could navigate complex workflows, access tools, and improve outcomes with minimal human…
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The Math on AI Agents Isn’t Adding Up
The Hype Isn’t Translation into ROI For years, big tech players have painted a vivid future where AI agents act as autonomous teammates, solving complex problems with little human input. The promise was seductive: more automation, faster decision cycles, and a workforce that could scale knowledge work without proportional increases in cost. But as 2025…
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The Math on AI Agents Doesn’t Add Up
The Hype vs. the Reality of AI Agents Big tech has spent years touting a future where autonomous AI agents handle complex tasks with little human intervention. The promise, often framed as a new era of productivity, has shaped investor grids, product roadmaps, and hiring plans. Yet for many observers, 2025 has felt more like…
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Board and Microsoft Foundry Unite to Bring Agentic AI to Enterprise Planning
Overview: A new era for enterprise planning Board, a leading Enterprise Planning Platform, has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to integrate Agentic AI at the core of its planning suite. Built on Microsoft Foundry, the collaboration aims to infuse domain-specific, enterprise-ready AI agents into Board’s core planning capabilities. The move signals a broader industry…
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Board Teams with Microsoft Foundry to Put Agentic AI at the Heart of Enterprise Planning
Overview: A new era for enterprise planning Board, a leading Enterprise Planning Platform, announced a strategic expansion that redefines how organizations manage planning, forecasting, and decision making. By integrating Board Agents built on Microsoft Foundry, the company is delivering an intelligent, domain-specific suite of AI agents designed to operate at the core of enterprise planning.…
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Vercel’s Bash Tool for Local Context Retrieval Empowers AI Agents
Overview: A Bash-driven engine for AI agents Vercel has released an open-source bash-tool that provides a Bash execution engine designed specifically for AI agents. The core idea is to enable agents to perform filesystem-based commands to retrieve relevant context for model prompts. By leveraging local files and commands, AI systems can access up-to-date information stored…
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Vercel Open-Sources Bash Tool for Context Retrieval Using Local Filesystems
Vercel Bridges AI Agents with Local File Context In a move aimed at empowering AI agents to efficiently manage large local contexts, Vercel has open-sourced a Bash tool that provides a Bash execution engine for context retrieval. The tool allows AI agents to run filesystem-based commands to gather relevant information from local files, enabling prompt…
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Google Unveils Universal Commerce Protocol to Power AI-Driven Shopping
Google Introduces a New Open Standard for AI-Driven Shopping At the National Retail Federation (NRF) conference, Google announced a bold step toward connecting buyers, sellers, and AI agents through a new open standard: the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). The protocol is designed to simplify and secure how AI agents interact with online stores, marketplaces, and…