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agentic

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[uh-jent-ik, ay-] / əˈdʒɛnt ɪk, eɪ- /

adjective

  1. Digital Technology. (of artificial intelligence) capable of acting independently to accomplish a goal or task; acting like a human agent.

  2. (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.

  3. (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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One new model, dubbed Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, is designed to help businesses build so-called always-on AI agents, and is faster for long-running agentic tasks, Nvidia said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Meta said its new model, called Muse Spark Open, was built for coding and agentic work but acknowledged that Chinese open models are still superior for software development and some other tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The app also uses agentic AI capabilities to cancel unwanted subscriptions, haggle bills and find class-action lawsuits on behalf of users.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Then in September, it launched an agentic app called Muse.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 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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