AI EXPLAINED

What Is an AI Agent? Chatbots Talk, Agents Do Things

A chatbot tells you what to do. An AI agent does it for you, then asks before anything important.

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THE DIFFERENCE

A question vs a goal

Give a chatbot a question and get text. Give an agent a goal and get a finished task, table or file.

HOW IT WORKS

Plan, act, check, ask

It breaks your goal into steps, uses a browser, apps or files, checks results and pauses before payments.

TRY IT TODAY

Agents in chat and browsers

ChatGPT Work handles longer jobs. Chrome auto browse is in preview for Google AI Pro and Ultra users in the US.

STILL LEARNING

Confident mistakes happen

Agents can pick the wrong date or misread a price, then report that all went well. Logins and captchas trip them up.

THE BIG RISK

Hidden instructions

Prompt injection hides commands in a page or email to steer the agent. Keep its access as small as possible.

STAY SAFE

Never share passwords in chat

Be specific, read every confirmation and check the final result yourself before you rely on it.

START SMALL

Easy first tasks

Compare one product across five stores or plan a trip without booking. The full guide has more examples.