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Opera Unveils ‘Neon’, an Agentic AI Browser That Can Perform Actions
Opera has announced a new ‘Neon’ agentic web browser that is designed to assist with tasks. It can understand your intent and perform actions on your behalf. There are three core functionalities of the Opera Neon browser: Chat, Do, and Make. The Chat feature can answer questions for you just like any other AI chatbot. It can search the web,…
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Agentic AI is coming for customer service jobs
Agentic AI is set to be handling more than two-thirds of customer service and support interactions by 2028, with almost all business and technical decision-makers thinking it will do a better job than human beings. In a survey conducted by Cisco, 93% of global respondents said they believed that agentic AI will enable B2B technology vendors to deliver more personalized,…
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Microsoft ramps up zero trust capabilities amid agentic AI push
AI agents need to be treated like any other employee, at least when it comes to security, and that means they can’t be trusted by default and need their own secure identification. With zero trust in mind, Microsoft will be extending its security and identity tools — Entra, Purview, and Defender — to cover AI agents developed using its own…
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The public sector is bullish on agentic AI – but data readiness will be its undoing
Nine-in-ten public sector organizations worldwide are planning to explore, pilot, or implement agentic AI in the next two to three years, according to research from Capgemini. But while two-thirds are already either exploring or actively working on generative AI initiatives, only 21% of public sector organizations told researchers they have the right data for training and fine-tuning models. The Capgemini…
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Demand for freelancers explodes, thanks to agentic AI – Computerworld
insta_photos – Shutterstock.com As the spring 2025 edition of Fiverr’s “Business Trends Index” shows, companies are looking for specialists who can effectively implement AI agents. According to new data from the freelancer platform, search queries for this expertise have risen by 18,347% in the last six months. In Germany, inquiries increased by an even larger 19,033%. According to Fiverr, this…
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Does agentic AI spell doom for SaaS? – Computerworld
Another question to ask is: is that data properly secured? To function, AI agents need access to data — sometimes highly restricted data. “If you build an AI agent using your permissions, and I get my hands on the agent, can I now see data that I shouldn’t be able to see?” he asked. “I would say, make sure your…
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Real-world use cases for agentic AI – Computerworld
Remember those simple days of yore, when generative AI meant sending a question to an AI model and getting an answer in return? You might add in a vector database to provide some context for the question and some guardrails for safety and security. That sounded hard at the time, but in retrospect it was a walk in the park.…
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“There needs to be an order of magnitude more effort”: AI security experts call for focused evaluation of frontier models and agentic systems
Much more detailed work must be done to evaluate the security and safety risks associated with adopting AI models, according to a panel of experts in the field. At RSAC Conference 2025, representatives from Google DeepMind, Nvidia, and the UK AI Security Institute emphasized the current challenges involved with evaluating AI model risks and the uphill challenge security teams face…
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“Governance is an irreplaceable role”: Microsoft Security VP on why diversity and sector expertise will keep security workers relevant in the age of agentic AI
Security teams can stay relevant through AI skills and by doubling down on the benefits of diversity, according to a Microsoft Security expert. Even as organizations adopt more autonomous AI security agents to keep up with the evolving threat landscape. Vasu Jakkal, corporate vice president, Microsoft Security, took to the RSAC Conference 2025 keynote stage to discuss how the security…
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Agentic AI might soon get into cryptocurrency trading — what could possibly go wrong? – Computerworld
Developers could share or rent their AI tools, and users can access decentralized AI without relying on Big Tech companies. Think of it like an “App Store” for AI but Web3-native, peer-to-peer, and without intermediaries. Blockchain also brings auditability to black-box models, especially important in fields like healthcare, finance, or law.A user could verify if an AI made a loan…
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