By HR Brew Staff
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Definition:
Agentic AI is an artificial intelligence system that is designed to start and finish tasks on its own and continually learn from interactions to adapt or make changes to new conditions or info. It works toward a specific goal which can be accomplished by leveraging other tools within a defined set of rules outlined for the agent. The system can deliver on multi-step processes within those rules without direct input from humans.
How does Agentic AI differ from other AI tools like ChatGPT or AI copilots?
Generative AI systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude are chatbots that use large language models (LLMs) to create content or answer questions based on a user’s prompt. Generative AI tools don’t operate outside of that loop. Many AI copilots were designed to leverage this leapfrogging technology to work alongside humans to better (and more naturally) offer insights or guidance inside a platform to support the user as the work or task is performed.
Generative AI tools and AI copilots generally require humans along the way to prompt their behavior, whether that be pulling a report on time-to-hire or assisting in writing a job description for a new opening. An AI agent, on the other hand, can go a step further. Based on a set of rules, an agent could source candidates, assess résumés, screen candidates and schedule interviews, so recruiters can spend more time on the high-touch work required in talent acquisition.
Can you put Agentic AI into context?
Companies and HR leaders are grappling with how to onboard, train, manage, evaluate and discontinue these agentic tools, transforming how business sees and understands talent, broadening the scope to include both human employees and agentic systems.
As HR Brew previously reported, “What’s now considered ‘talent’ in the world of work is (again) evolving as organizations look to leverage more agentic AI solutions to increase efficiencies and productivity.”
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