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Hi Reader, This week, I've got a short tip about AI agents, followed by some Data School news... π Tip #56: What are AI agents?βGoogle is calling 2025 "the agentic era," DeepLearning.AI says "the agentic era is upon us," and NVIDIA's founder says "one of the most important things happening in the world of enterprise is agentic AI." Clearly AI agents are a big deal, but what exactly are they? Simply put, an AI agent is an application that uses a Large Language Model (LLM) to control its workflow. More specifically, the LLM dynamically directs the application's processes and tool usage based on its environment in order to accomplish a goal. As this table indicates, there is a spectrum of how much "agency" is given to the LLM: The most advanced AI agents like OpenAI's Operator and Claude's Computer use take over a web browser in order to accomplish a task. However, an application does not need to be fully independent in order to be considered an agent! Hopefully this quick primer on agents will help you to make more sense of the AI advances we'll see in 2025! π€ News #1: My next AI courseMy next course, Build AI agents with Python, will enable you to transform your chatbots into smart, self-directed assistants! It builds directly on my latest course, Build an AI chatbot with Python. I hope to release it in April. Between now and then, I'll only be publishing occasional Tuesday Tips in order to focus my energy on the course. πͺ News #2: Jupyter videoI just published a new YouTube video, Jupyter & IPython terminology explained (5 minutes). It's also available in blog post format. π News #3: Python Challenge finishersLast month, I hosted a project-based challenge for anyone who owns Python Essentials for Data Scientists. I'm excited to present to you the people who completed the challenge:
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