Glossary term
Glossary term
Architecture
Agent allowed to choose actions over multiple steps with limited direct human control.
An agent that works towards a complex goal by planning, acting, and adapting without continuous human intervention.
Cognition AI's Devin autonomously sets up environments, writes code, runs tests, reads errors, and iterates until a GitHub issue is resolved - without step-by-step human instruction.
Inflection AI's Pi operates as an autonomous conversational agent that maintains long-term memory, adapts communication style, and proactively surfaces relevant information without user prompts.
OpenAI's Operator autonomously completes multi-step web tasks - searching, comparing, filling forms, confirming purchases - entirely on behalf of the user after a single high-level instruction.
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A logistics startup deploys an autonomous agent that monitors delivery exceptions and rebooks failed deliveries with the carrier without human input on routine cases.
A SaaS finance team runs an autonomous agent for accounts-receivable that emails customers, applies payments, and escalates only the disputed invoices.
A media monitoring firm uses an autonomous agent to scan headlines around the clock and write client briefs whenever specified brands appear.
Definition source: Google for Developers Machine Learning Glossary | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License