The Ultimate Guide to AI Agents
A curated UK edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for AI Agents (Agentic AI).
What to know about AI Agents
AI agents represent a transformative area within artificial intelligence, focusing on autonomous or semi-autonomous systems capable of performing complex tasks and making decisions to enhance business operations and personal productivity.
Our recent stories highlight how AI agents are rapidly evolving across sectors—from cybersecurity and data management to customer experience and enterprise automation. Companies are integrating AI agents to improve efficiency, drive innovation, and manage security risks in increasingly sophisticated ways.
By exploring these developments, readers can gain insights into the potential benefits, emerging applications, and challenges associated with AI agent deployment. Whether you're interested in how AI agents enhance software development, automate workflows, or secure enterprise environments, this tag offers a comprehensive look at this dynamic and impactful technology.
UK AI Agents News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
NiCE Cognigy urges wider AI use across public services
Public bodies could cut admin and free staff for frontline cases if ministers back AI tools with stronger oversight and safeguards.
WORK-SELF expands Maya Enterprise across 12,000 apps
Businesses adopting AI agents could cut rework by up to 40%, as WORK-SELF expands Maya Enterprise across more than 12,000 applications.
UK software providers lose revenue over payment integrations
Slow payment hookups are costing UK software firms sales, with 94% of surveyed vendors saying integrations have hit revenue and delayed features.
Azoma raises USD $11.2 million to boost AI shopping tools
Brands are racing to adapt as generative AI and shopping assistants reshape product search, drawing fresh investor interest in measurement software.
As payments become invisible, AI must prove it can be trusted to reach its full potential
Cross-border payments could become routine faster, but only if AI can explain flagged transactions to customers, auditors and regulators.
Sprinklr launches marketing AI agents beta for teams
Large marketing teams could speed up campaign creation as Sprinklr's new beta links idea generation, compliance checks and execution in one workflow.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Agents
Syndigo named leader in Gartner's first PIM quadrant
Oracle adds AI data platform tools for enterprise governance
Oracle expands Marketplace with partner purchasing options
Zoho Analytics adds agentic AI layer for business data
Google named Leader in IDC agentic AI platform report
Featured News
Oracle Fusion AI: Autonomy is earned, one outcome at a time
Oracle's Kaushal Kurapati says the pace of AI development is surpising even to those driving it.
La Fosse CEO: Tech hire aid key amid possible 'do-nothing' budget
Employers fear higher taxes and weak incentives will keep hiring and training subdued, as the government prepares a cautious Autumn Budget.
Oracle's racers: AI removes the grind, increases focus
Oracle Red Bull Racing and SailGP provide insights into AI's relentless incursion into the world of human performance.
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Aveni: After Mills Review, AI agents need targeted assurance
Banks and other firms face fresh pressure to supervise chatbots like staff, as Aveni says smaller models need social science to spot bias and risk.
Celonis banking head: Banks want proof before scaling agents
Celonis argues frontier AI models are too generic for regulated banking, urging firms to weigh cost, risk and process gains before scaling deployments.
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
AI transforming B2B discovery - but human trust endures
AI is changing how B2B buyers make decisions - but an expert warns that it is not a substitute for effective human comms strategies.
Exclusive: ABBYY says AI build costs will drive buying
Enterprises could cut AI spend by up to 80% by shifting document workflows away from custom builds and into standard platforms.
Exclusive: ABBYY brings zero-shot document AI to Vantage
Enterprises can now extract data from unseen document types without templates, as ABBYY rolls out zero-shot capabilities in Vantage.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Mimecast CEO: Agentic AI threat novel but not entirely new
Hidden AI risks are already widespread in workplaces, with Mimecast saying users are driving shadow tools and most exposure still starts with people.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Lumana's focus on vertical applications for AI video surveillance platform
Lumana's Principal Product Manager says its camera-agnostic AI platform is expanding beyond security into retail, healthcare and smart cities.
Grafana Labs launches six AI tools for telemetry & agents
Grafana Labs has launched six AI observability tools during its AI Week, including new capabilities for monitoring and investigating AI agents.
Expert Columns
As payments become invisible, AI must prove it can be trusted to reach its full potential
It's time to embrace our robot overlords
Data Governance in the AI Era: Why One-Off Projects Fail
AI in Retail is Only as Good as its Data Foundation
The next eCommerce interface may not be a screen
In the AI era, channel value is being redefined
Stop saying AI hacked the system
Who allowed your AI agent to see that data?
Why the SOC needs to be re-engineered for AI
The autonomous SOC takeover
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Oracle Fusion AI: Autonomy is earned, one outcome at a time
La Fosse CEO: Tech hire aid key amid possible 'do-nothing' budget
Oracle's racers: AI removes the grind, increases focus
Aveni: After Mills Review, AI agents need targeted assurance
Celonis banking head: Banks want proof before scaling agents
Recent AI Agents News
Zero100 launches Peerworks for agentic supply chains
The initiative aims to give supply chain teams practical guidance on agentic AI, as large firms seek to link planning, sourcing and inventory decisions.
Outerlimit launches global partner programme for agentic AI
Enterprise buyers face fresh oversight and credential risks as Outerlimit widens its route to market with a partner scheme for agentic AI security.
Claris opens wider preview of agentic FileMaker development
The expanded preview gives FileMaker developers earlier access to AI agents that can edit files directly, with general availability due in late February 2027.
New industrial AI stack challenges automation pyramid
Manufacturers may soon rely less on cloud data lakes as vendors race to let AI query shop-floor systems and control machines more directly.
RegSensus launches to unify financial compliance monitoring
The merger-backed firm now serves 400 clients in more than 30 countries as banks face tighter, more complex compliance checks across markets.
CrowdStrike uncovers China-linked AI cyber campaign
CrowdStrike has identified a China-linked cyber campaign using agentic AI to conduct simultaneous intrusions against more than 200 organisations across at least 14 countries.
Schneider Electric, NVIDIA & HPE launch industrial AI
Industrial operators could soon detect faults and cyber risks faster as Schneider Electric, NVIDIA and HPE move AI closer to plant data.
Microsoft adds security tools for AI agents in 365
Security teams will soon be able to limit and monitor AI agents in Microsoft 365 as the company treats them as potential insider risks.
Shopify adds app security check to CLI in AI toolkit
Developers can now spot common security flaws in their own apps before release as Shopify widens its AI Toolkit and commerce updates.
Google launches llm-d 1.0 for distributed AI inference
The open-source stack aims to cut latency and boost accelerator use for AI workloads that now arrive in bursts and compete with interactive requests.
Google adds AI & partner tools to air-gapped cloud
Defence and intelligence users can now query local text, audio and video with Gemini, without moving sensitive data outside their air-gapped perimeter.
EBU expands sovereign AI framework with NVIDIA & Adobe
European broadcasters are gaining a new AI blueprint to keep data, models and newsroom systems under local control as agents spread into production.
Google says AI coding tests must track execution paths
Google says teams should judge AI coding agents on what they execute, after internal tests showed final replies can hide successful tool use.
Oracle launches Claw-powered supply chain agentic apps
The tools aim to help supply chain teams cut waste, balance scarce capacity and speed approved decisions across planning, logistics and procurement.
Google Cloud sets out three-layer AI agent plan for biotech
Biotech researchers could gain tighter control over sensitive data and slower simulations as Google Cloud separates planning, computation and oversight.
Celigo launches MCP Management to govern AI access
IT and security teams can now track and approve AI actions one tool at a time, as Celigo targets growing governance gaps across enterprise software.
Oracle launches AI security mesh with OpenAI to fix flaws
The service aims to help enterprises spot and repair vulnerabilities faster across cloud and on-premises systems, while keeping human approval in place.
Cerebras to bring fast AI inference to Oracle cloud
The addition will give Oracle Cloud Infrastructure customers a faster option for AI agents, with Cerebras inference due in calendar year 2027.
Oracle adds semantic layer to Autonomous AI Lakehouse
The update aims to help firms and AI agents make better decisions from enterprise data by adding shared definitions, governance and planning tools.
Oracle unveils 25 agentic AI apps across Fusion Cloud
The update lets finance, HR and supply chain teams delegate more complex tasks to AI agents while keeping approvals and controls in place.
Job Moves
Gearset appoints Mark Johnston as Chief Marketing Officer
iCXperience names Iain Banks to drive enterprise growth
Akeneo names three leaders to drive AI commerce push
FIOR names Gemma Ungoed-Thomas as sovereign AI adviser
Hyperlayer names first Head of AI as banks push AI
Sapiens names new delivery & customer success chiefs
Multiverse opens Edinburgh hub with ex-Amazon AI chief
Billy Grace taps ex-Google sales head for UK launch
ANS names Ali Mustoe-Playfair as Agentic Operations Chief
