Agentic AI promises autonomy beyond chatbots | JQJO

“Agentic AI” is touted as the next leap beyond chatbots, but definitions vary as the buzzword surges. An MIT and Boston Consulting Group report, based on a survey of 2,000-plus executives, describes agents that plan, act and learn autonomously—“teammates” executing multistep tasks. Amazon Web Services’ Swami Sivasubramanian says such systems can pursue high‑level goals, from handling emails to making purchases, potentially transformative. Researchers Thomas Dietterich and Milind Tambe welcome the possibilities while noting the term’s fuzziness and deep roots in multi‑agent research. Interest has spiked in Google searches, with Merriam‑Webster listing “agentic” as trending slang.