Why we all need to build an AI agent – now

Why we all need to build an AI agent – now
New Zealand is the least excited country in the world about AI, yet we’re entering an era where the ability to architect and deploy AI agents will be as fundamental as spreadsheet literacy. (Image: Getty)
Peter Griffin
If you’ve experimented with ChatGPT or Copilot to draft emails, summarise documents, or write code snippets, you’ve tasted the power of artificial intelligence. But these mainstream tools are just the beginning. The real transformation is unfolding in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) agents, a new class of software that doesn’t just assist but acts independently to achieve complex goals. I spent Friday morning on the AI Supercharge course in Wellington, building my first AI agents.It was a $100 lesson in how...

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