
AI agents are all the rage right now. Google announced its “agentic era” for Google Gemini back in spring 2025, while Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and the other big players in the AI space have each announced their own AI agents. As with any new technology, it’s possible to use these new tools for productivity at work. In fact, that’s why they were designed.
So, what is an AI agent? The short










