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  "@id": "https://anchorfact.org/kb/kb-2026-00018",
  "headline": "AI Agents (2025-2026)",
  "description": "2025 was widely called the \"Year of the Agent\" across the AI industry, marking a transition from passive conversational AI to autonomous systems capable of multi-step reasoning, tool use, and independent action. Key developments included the emergence of MCP as an industry-standard integration protocol (December 2025, donated to the Linux Foundation's AAIF), the rise of Computer Use agents that directly manipulate desktop/browser interfaces, and the maturation of multi-agent orchestration frameworks. By 2026, AI agents are deployed across software engineering (Devin, $10.2B valuation), general task automation (Manus, acquired by Meta), and enterprise workflow automation (n8n, Dify, Coze).",
  "dateCreated": "2026-05-22T14:59:47.480Z",
  "dateModified": "2026-05-22T14:59:47.480Z",
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    "name": "AnchorFact"
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    "name": "AnchorFact",
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  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "anchorfact:confidence": "high",
  "anchorfact:generationMethod": "human_only",
  "citation": []
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