Current Agent Uses: Coding and Customer Service

AI agents—artificial-intelligence tools that can perform real-world tasks—are the buzziest thing in Silicon Valley. Some businesses and individuals are already using them, and the next generation of agents like OpenClaw could be even more promising. But they also come with significant risks. WSJ tech reporter Isabelle Bousquette joins host Alex Ossola to discuss how agentic AI is being used now and how it could be used in the future.

Further Reading: 

China’s OpenClaw Craze Buoys Tech Stocks, Fuels AI Pivot 

The World’s First Viral AI Assistant Has Arrived, and Things Are Getting Weird 

This Viral AI Project Went From Side Hustle to Coveted Prize in Three Months

Nvidia Software Aims to Bring OpenClaw to the Enterprise 

Silicon Valley’s New Obsession: Watching Bots Do Their Grunt Work Mark Zuckerberg Is Building an AI Agent to Help Him Be CEO

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