agentic

American  

[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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Other Word Forms

• agentically adverb
• non-agentic adjective

Example Sentences

But as AI training moves beyond simple question-and-answer and toward more complex agentic workflows, companies are using large language models to generate synthetic data to train on, according to Browne and Lambert.

From MarketWatch

With the meteoric rise of agentic AI, Nvidia is under pressure to develop inference chips that are less expensive and more energy-efficient.

From The Wall Street Journal

OpenAI entered into negotiations with Cerebras last fall after its engineers asked for a faster inference chip for agentic coding applications, The Journal previously reported.

From The Wall Street Journal

Typically, Nvidia has paired its Vera chips, which are central processing units, or CPUs, with its Rubin GPUs in powerful data center servers, but some large customers have found that certain agentic AI workloads can be run more efficiently on CPUs alone.

From The Wall Street Journal

Analyst Siraj Ahmed thinks the logistics-software provider Wisetech is well positioned to introduce agentic capabilities that can materially automate and enhance customer workflows.

From The Wall Street Journal