EP 361: AI Agents - What they are, and why they’re suddenly all the buzz

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Everywhere you turn.... AI agents. This past week more than ever, the biggest companies and hottest startups have seemingly gone bonkers for AI agents. Why? And, what the heck are they? We'll give you the 101 on all things agents. 

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Topics Covered in This Episode:
1. AI Agents Explained
2. Future of AI Agents
3. Corporate Adoption
4. Economic Impact
5. Ethical Concerns

Timestamps:
02:30 Daily AI news
06:30 What are AI agents?
10:03 AI agents have become mainstream in companies.
11:37 Human-AI collaboration saves billions for companies.
15:26 Microsoft's contextual memory aids business interactions greatly.
18:16 Salesforce uses autonomous agents, deep CRM integration.
23:14 Develop AI for complex language tasks understanding.
25:03 Defining an AI agent and core functions.
29:02 AI agents surpass large language models due tool access.
32:35 Recent AI advancements by Meta, Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Salesforce
36:53 Chatbots now effective using natural language processing.
39:27 AI agents manage tasks using natural language triggers.
44:02 Challenges, opportunities in agent interfaces and tools.
45:28 Insufficient guardrails can make autonomous AI unsafe.
51:29 Microsoft Copilot Studio excels over Zapier Central.
54:18 Future work demands creativity; AI integration inevitable.

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