What is an AI agent, and how can it automate workflows?
Reviewed by Jason Burns, Editorial Steward · Last updated
An AI agent is a system that combines a language model with tools, memory, and a control loop so it can pursue a goal across multiple steps — reading data, calling APIs, and deciding what to do next — instead of only generating a single response. As The White House (Executive Office of the President), put it on the record: "Artificial Intelligence must be safe and secure. Meeting this goal requires robust, reliable, repeatable, and standardized evaluations of AI systems."