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AI Agents Explained: How They Can Spend Your Money Or Email The Boss By Mistake
Community description: AI agents can plan, use tools and act for you, unlike a plain chatbot. A plain-English guide to how they work, where they help and the real risks.
Dev.to | Nov 6, 2026 | Fathom News
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An agent can use memory, tools, and state across steps. Most working agent systems reuse the same building blocks. A top-level agent manages specialist subagents.
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