The Download: the agentic web arrives and the drive for safer roads

Summary

The Download is a weekday newsletter from MIT Technology Review that covers the agentic web, traffic safety and a roundup of technology news. The agentic web feature says AI agents are beginning to triage inboxes, shop for groceries and access bank accounts, realizing Tim Berners-Lee's 2001 vision of autonomous software agents navigating the internet.

Topics

• AI agents

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