AI Agents and AI Agent Platforms—what we used to refer to as AI chatbots—involves the technologies behind building a software based application called an Agent that can answer questions and with Agentic capabilities, can do tasks and roles.
AI Agents use Generative AI, which is powered by Large Language Models that harness natural language processing (NLP) technologies that may be text chat or voice to provide an engaging interface for applications. AI Agents have advanced rapidly in the last two years and now they are expanding the capabilities they have. The challenge for many enterprises is getting started. That said with prompting and generative AI based coding, the ability to develop AI Agents has gotten much easier. That said, enterprises need to have a project plan, which includes vendor selection, development and AI Agent testing. All of that needs to be done before going live.
The Aragon Research Globe for AI Agent Platforms, 2025
The AI Agent Platform market is rapidly evolving into the Agent Platform market, driven by the rise of generative AI.
What is Model Context Protocol?
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an emerging open standard developed by Anthropic that enables AI agents to interact with external data sources, tools, and applications through a standardized client-server architecture. This Research Note discusses MCP and its implications for generative AI in the enterprise.
The Rise of Agentic Identity and Security Platforms
Digital Labor is being powered by AI Agents and emerging Agentic Agents, which are basically digital workers that can do full job roles. The need to secure these new offerings means a new category is emerging called Agentic Identity and Security Platforms. This Research Note identifies this new category and why enterprises need to make it part of their overall AI operational strategy.
Five Trends You Can't Miss in Conversational AI, 2023
This Research highlight 5 trends in conversational AI that have a major impact on enterprises moving forward.
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Our Weekly Aragon Live the Aragon Research team - Jim Lundy, Betsy Burton, Ken Dulaney and Adam Pease. Half of our news is about AI Agents.
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Your Guide to Conversational AI: Improving Customer Experience
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GPT-5 Lands With a Pragmatic Pitch: Efficiency First
GPT 5 puts economics at the center. Lower unit costs aim to make the model a volume platform for teams that need predictable spend and steady throughput. OpenAI positions it as a premier coding model with stronger end-to-end implementation and debugging.
On price and capability, it is meant to be competitive with market leaders like Anthropic Claude for developer work.
Google Introduces New Suite of AI Agents for Data Professionals
August 5, 2025, Google announced it is expanding its suite of AI tools with the introduction of the Gemini Data Agents APIs and a collection of specialized AI agents. The new offering is designed to help developers, data scientists, and data engineers with powerful, natural language-driven capabilities.
Google’s new agents are designed to streamline complex data-centric workflows, automate tedious tasks, and make advanced analytics more accessible to a broader range of users within an organization.
Amazon Announces Enhancements to Nova Models
On July 16, 2025, Amazon announced significant new customization capabilities for Amazon Nova AI models in Amazon SageMaker AI.
This update provides a comprehensive suite of model customization options for Nova Micro, Nova Lite, and Nova Pro across the entire model training lifecycle, including pre-training, supervised fine-tuning (SFT), and alignment techniques like Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) and Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO).
These “ready-to-use recipes” on SageMaker AI allow customers to adapt Nova models to their proprietary knowledge, workflows, and brand while maintaining high performance and low latency. This includes support for both parameter-efficient and full-model training options.
Microsoft Copies Google with Edge Copilot Mode: The Browser Is the New AI Battleground
The web browser has evolved from a simple document viewer into a sophisticated application platform. Now, its next major transformation is here, driven by generative AI. Microsoft's recent announcement of "Copilot Mode" for its Edge browser is a clear move in this new direction, aiming to redefine the browser as an active AI partner.
This blog will analyze this strategic launch and what it signifies for the future of web interaction.