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Microsoft has officially joined the AI agent race with the release this week of itsMagentic-Onesystem.

There are various types and strengths of agentic techcurrently launching on the market.

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What is Magentic-One?

Magentic-One is designed to provide the kind of clever thinking these more advanced agentic systems employ.

The future of AI is agentic.

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The secret to achieving this comes from the use of what theyre calling the Orchestrator.

This is a lead agent which directs and controls four other agents to solve a task.

There’s almost a hint of poetry about the process.

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Much of the hype around AI comes from cleverly constructed demos that highlight one specific usage track.

As many users know, the reality is often very different.

So we bipeds are not quite defunct just yet.

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Whatever happens in the future, its clear that AI agents are here to stay.

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