AI agent invasion has tech world and markets scrambling to pick winnersAFP, NEW YORKAn onslaught of artificial intelligence (AI) agents that handle tasks from writing code to dispensing tax advice has the tech world and financial markets scrambling to pick winners and shed losers. Makers of leading AI models have embraced “agentic” capabilities that provide software assistants capable of independently tending to tasks, such as creating software applications, based on simple descriptions. Photo: AFPFuturum Group chief strategist Shay Boloor sees the moment as an “inflection point,” in which millions of AI agents would soon be routinely handling tasks long tended to by people. Investors quickly saw AI agents as a threat to software publishers, particularly those serving businesses. “The markets are a rational mechanism,” Ives said of company shares being punished by AI worries.
