When it comes to agentic AI solutions, are most vendor offerings you've seen so far authentic? Which tools are truly AI agents and which are just RPA/chatbots rebranded as agentic AI?

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Senior Director, Product Management in Software8 days ago

Most current vendor offerings labeled as “agentic AI” are not fully authentic. Many are rebranded RPA systems or advanced chatbots with some generative AI capabilities added, but they lack the core attributes of true AI agents, such as autonomy, goal-directed behavior, environmental awareness, and adaptive planning.

Truly Agentic Tools:
AutoGPT / OpenAI’s Assistant APIs (with planning + tool use)
LangChain Agents that reason, plan, and invoke tools
Cognition’s Devin (early steps toward software engineer agents)

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Sr.Product Manager in Consumer Goods9 days ago

Many so-called agentic AI tools today are just chatbots or RPA with a new label. Real AI agents don’t wait for commands, they sense, decide, and act on their own to achieve goals. If it needs constant prompting, it’s not truly agentic.

Head of Transformation in Government10 days ago

Well, Microsoft is definitely leading the BS charge by calling contextual chatbots "agents."
Imho, only openai and manus.ai are leading the agentic AI innovation field, but they are self contained.
Can't wait to let loose agentic AI in core ERP and collaboration platforms.
What a great time to work it is! It's like the 1980s all over again! Truly wonderful.

Director of Data10 days ago

In my view, most vendor offerings branded as agentic AI today often stretch the definition. Many are traditional RPA or chatbots with conversational layers, rebranded with AI terms. UiPath and Automation Anywhere, for example, now offer "agentic" capabilities by integrating LLMs to enhance task execution and decision-making. However, these are often extensions of rule-based automation, not fully autonomous AI agents. True agentic AI should exhibit autonomy, contextual reasoning, tool use, memory, and dynamic goal-driven behaviour. Solutions like OpenAI’s GPT-4 with function calling or Google’s Gemini (when embedded into workflows) come closer to this vision. When assessing tools, look beyond branding focus on real adaptive intelligence, not just scripted automation. :-)

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Chief Information Security Officer10 days ago

Not many. Most are just chatbots. Risk Cognizance currently has over 8 agents to assist with risk management and compliance, and we are working on 12 additional use cases. 

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