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AI Agents

5 articles on AI Agents, from first steps to the deep end.

August 3, 202611 min

What AI Agents Actually Are, and Where the Word Ends

An AI agent is a system where the model chooses the next step, not the code. What that means in practice, what such a system is made of, and what it still cannot do.

Four Ways to Build an AI Agent, and What Each Costs

AI Systems

August 3, 202612 min

Four Ways to Build an AI Agent, and What Each Costs

No-code builder, enterprise suite, workflow platform or custom build. The four routes to an AI agent compared by real pricing, ceiling and failure mode.

Agentic AI in German: The Words, the Law, the Numbers

AI Systems

August 3, 202612 min

Agentic AI in German: The Words, the Law, the Numbers

German has no good word for agentic, the EU transparency rules went live on 2 August 2026, and adoption in the Mittelstand just doubled. What that combination means in practice.

What Is Agentic AI? Six Levels of Autonomy, Not a Product Category

AI Systems

August 3, 202611 min

What Is Agentic AI? Six Levels of Autonomy, Not a Product Category

Agentic is an adjective: it describes how much decision-making you hand over. The six levels, the one question that exposes a vendor claim, and why less autonomy is usually the better buy.

AI Agents Breaking Out of the Sandbox: the Four July 2026 Cases

AI Systems

July 25, 202610 min

AI Agents Breaking Out of the Sandbox: the Four July 2026 Cases

Four primary sources from one week in July, read instead of summarised: Hugging Face, OpenAI and the UK AI Security Institute. The most instructive case ran with every safeguard switched on.

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