The Ultimate Guide to AI Agents

2026 · Australian Edition

Also known as Agentic AI.

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.

Australian AI Agents news
Analyst Insights
Australia in intermediate phase of agentic AI adoption
Gartner · Agentic AI · Digital Transformation
Yesterday
Appspace named Gartner leader in workplace experience
Gartner · Agentic AI · SaaS
3 days ago
Optimizely named Gartner leader for ninth year running
Gartner · Agentic AI · MarTech
4 days ago
AI expert reveals the 'New Currency' in AI discovery for eCommerce brands
Gartner · Agentic AI · Digital Transformation
4 days ago
Whatfix study warns AI adoption gap costs mid-sized firms
Gartner Market Guide · Agentic AI · SaaS
Last week
Reviews
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Gaming
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Gaming
Thu, 29th May 2025
Hands-on Review: Oppo Reno13 Pro 5G
Mobile gaming
Wed, 7th May 2025
Expert columns
5 eCommerce trends set to define 2026
By Bobby Joseph of Melissa
Yesterday
From APIs to MCPs: The new architecture powering enterprise AI
By Srinivas Gutta of Adactin
Yesterday
Why robust AI governance is key to building trust in agentic AI systems in FY2027
By Sreeni Unnamatla of Kore.ai
2 days ago
Why the Chatbot is not your AI strategy
By Adrian Randall of Arcadian Digital
2 days ago
Why the next phase of AI adoption will be determined less by models and more by data foundations
By Will LaForest of Confluent
4 days ago
From chaos to code efficiency: AI's big software development shift
By Craig Nielsen of GitLab
4 days ago
AI can inspire travel, but it still can't book it. That's about to change
By Mike Putman of Custom Travel Solutions
Last week
Agent computers: The PC era, amplified
By Alexey Navolokin of AMD
Last week
AI is moving into finance workflows, data and systems will decide who benefits
By Annexa
Last month
How Observability Serves as the Control Layer for AI Growth
By Rob Newell of New Relic
Last month
Why organisations need a version of 'HR' for AI agents
By James Ross of Saviynt
Last month
The agentic evolution: Why high-fidelity data is the lifeblood of the modern SOC
By Simon Howe of ExtraHop
Last month
Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes
By OpenSearch
Last month
Agentic AI: The potential and the problems behind the new wave of autonomous systems
By Kristina Holt of Foot Anstey
Last month
AI agents vs AI automations: how to get the mix right in your future marketing strategy
By Pipin Firmansyah of Manning & Co
Last month
Interviews
Great Southern Grammar embraces AI to boost high-impact teaching
Discussing Data Protection
3 days ago
Zetifi's connectivity solutions drive fleet and worker safety
Discussing Bluetooth
Last month
Exclusive: Orderfox pushes into autonomous execution with Gieni ABX
Discussing Software-as-a-Service
Last month
UiPath Accelerates AI in Software Development and Testing
Discussing Software engineering
Last month
Cloudera and Svitla Systems bring trusted AI to healthcare
Discussing Data Protection
Last month
Recent news
Anthropic launches Claude Managed Agents in public beta
About Software-as-a-Service
Today
AI agents expose major API security gap, Salt warns
About Manufacturing
Today
Sidetrade launches AI-native plan with three new products
About Software-as-a-Service
Yesterday
Atlassian adds AI visuals & partner agents to Confluence
About Software-as-a-Service
Yesterday
Minor Hotels unveils global AI platform with Google
About Data Protection
Yesterday
Remote acquires Bravas to add identity & device management
About Workplace
Yesterday
Perpetuals.com launches on-prem AI for hedge funds
About Data management
Yesterday
Atlassian adds AI Remix & partner agents to Confluence
About Business Intelligence
Yesterday
ABBYY & Tecala launch end-to-end document workflow tool
About Productivity
Yesterday
Virtana launches AI observability for Nutanix environments
About Virtualisation
Yesterday
Trintech adds AI tools to financial close workflows
About Software-as-a-Service
Yesterday
OpenAI launches AUD $155 Codex Pro plan for developers
About Cloud Services
Yesterday
Oracle launches agentic apps across Fusion Cloud suite
About Marketing
Yesterday
Anthropic launches Project Glasswing for cyber defence
About Firewalls
Yesterday
ServiceNow makes AI standard across entire platform
About IT service management
Yesterday
Job moves
Synthflow appoints Matt Alexander as Channel Chief
Move at Ericsson
Yesterday
Yubico appoints chief marketing officer as phishing grows
Move at Yubico
Last week
Prophet bolsters Australian team with two key hires
Move at MYOB
Last month
Singulr AI expands Richard Bird role to steer agentic risk
Move at Singular AI
Last month
Saviynt names Alex Lei to lead APJ identity security sales
Move at Proofpoint
Last month
Quiq hires Jen Grant as CMO to drive scaled AI agents
Move at Google
Last month
KnowBe4 appoints Kelly Morgan as Chief Customer Officer
Move at DocuSign
Fri, 20th Feb 2026
KnowBe4 appoints Yuneeb Khan as Chief Financial Officer
Move at PwC
Fri, 20th Feb 2026
DryRun Security adds Andrew Peterson to drive AI shift
Move at Palo Alto Networks
Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Prophet strengthens AI team with key engineering hires
Move at Google Cloud
Thu, 12th Feb 2026
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