agentic
Americanadjective
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Digital Technology. (of artificial intelligence) capable of acting independently to accomplish a goal or task; acting like a human agent.
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(of a person) focused on one's own goals and acting independently to set and achieve them, as opposed to seeking or accepting direction, serving the goals of others, etc.
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(of a process or activity) allowing participants to make their own judgments and decisions and work independently to achieve a goal.
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The rise of agentic AI applications has put Intel’s CPUs front and center within the AI race.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Meta’s Muse Glimmer advances the foundations of that economy, with a focus on principles such as end-to-end agentic task competition and failure recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
"Especially as we move into the agentic world, a lot of the models will be running locally."
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Spotify recently launched Personal Podcasts, an agentic AI program that generates personalized audio episodes like a daily briefing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
She clearly wants to try to determine her own identity in an agentic manner versus accepting one that’s forced upon her by a patriarchal society.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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