This weekly update brings exciting news about how computers and people are learning to work better together through something called agentic AI. Think of agentic AI as smart computer helpers that can do whole jobs on their own, not just answer questions.

Big companies made important announcements this week. Accenture and Google Cloud told the world on October 9 that they are helping businesses use new AI agents called Gemini Enterprise. These AI helpers can do many tasks across a company without needing someone to tell them what to do at every step. Companies like hotels and health insurance firms are already using them to solve hard problems.

IBM also shared new tools on October 7 to help companies put AI to work in their businesses. Meanwhile, experts are saying that even though AI can do amazing things, humans are still the most important part. The best results happen when people and AI work together as a team.

One big idea from this week is about empathy, which means understanding and caring about others' feelings. As AI agents become more common in helping customers, businesses that combine AI's speed with human kindness will do better than those who don't. Leaders are being told to focus on what makes humans special - like creativity, caring, and making good choices - while letting AI handle the boring, repetitive work.

Experts also talked about how these AI agents need careful watching by humans. The agents can manage computer systems, help move data to the cloud, and even work across different technology platforms. But people must stay in charge to make sure everything works safely and correctly.