Are AI agents here to stay?

AI agents, hailed as the next leap after Generative AI, are being tested by 62% of global enterprises, mostly for internal task automation. Despite rising interest, maturity remains low, with Gartner predicting 40% of projects may fail by 2027, ra...

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AI agents have been the talk of the town, pegged as the “next big thing” after Generative AI due to its ability to autonomously carry out tasks, marking a shift from language generation and analytics to execution. Nearly 62% of global enterprises are currently experimenting with AI agents, ranging from proof-of-concepts (PoC) to scaled pilots, as per a Nasscom report.

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However, the nature of these experiments is still largely internal, focused on task-level automation with human oversight.


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Despite growing adoption and experimentation with agentic AI, reports also indicate limited maturity of the technology or the use cases, leading to high chances of failure of proofs-of-concept. Gartner expects four in 10 agentic AI projects to be canned by end of 2027.

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