Marc Brooker, AWS
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Marc Brooker is an Amazon vice president and distinguished engineer.
Under the hood of AI agents: A technical guide to the next frontier of gen AI
Agents are the trendiest topic in AI today, and with good reason. AI agents act on their users’ behalf, autonomously handling tasks like making online purchases, building software, researching business trends or booking travel. By taking generative AI out of the sandbox of the chat interface and allowing it to act directly on the world, agentic AI represents a leap forward in the power and utility of AI.Taking gen AI out of the protected sandbox of the chat interface and allowing it to act directly on the world represents a leap forward in the power and utility of AI.