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Each of the major AI companies markets its consumer-facing agents in slightly different ways, often focusing on its ability to help manage either a busy work life or a busy personal life. — AP

Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining popularity far beyond tech circles, with Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and other companies going head-to-head in the surging market for consumer-friendly AI agents.

While the leading AI labs have offered tools with agentic capabilities for years, agents that are designed to work proactively on a user’s behalf for tasks from buying groceries to managing to-do lists have taken off this year.

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各大人工智能公司对其面向消费者的智能助手进行市场推广的方式略有不同，通常都侧重于强调其帮助用户管理繁忙的工作或个人生活的能力。——美联社

智能体人工智能 (AI) 的受欢迎程度远远超出了科技圈，Meta、OpenAI、Anthropic 等公司在蓬勃发展的面向消费者的 AI 代理市场中展开了激烈的竞争。

虽然领先的人工智能实验室多年来一直提供具有代理功能的工具，但旨在代表用户主动完成从购买杂货到管理待办事项清单等任务的代理在今年才真正流行起来。

加拿大皇家银行将屏蔽人工智能代理，称其存在“不可接受的”客户风险。

澳大利亚警告称，人工智能面临“前所未有的”威胁

沃尔玛欢迎人工智能代理，与此同时，Anthropic也推出了自己的人工智能代理。

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