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Timeline: How AI Agents Moved From Chatbots to Business Automation

The leap from chatbot to business-automating agent happened in distinct stages. A timeline from passive chatbots through tool use, planning agents, coding agents, to multi-agent workflows — and where it's heading.

Daniel Roth · Jun 23, 2026
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The first edition of our recurring Weekly Tech Briefing: a fast, structured scan of what matters across AI, chips, cybersecurity and cloud — each item is what's happening and why it matters.

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24 Billion Credential Records Exposed: What Enterprises Should Assume Now

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What Is Digital Provenance and Why Does It Matter for AI Content?

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What Is Geopatriation in Tech Infrastructure?

Geopatriation — bringing data, cloud workloads, AI models and chip supply back within chosen borders — is reshaping tech infrastructure. What it means, why regulation and geopolitics drive it, and the trade-offs.

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AppsFlyer raised about $1B from Google, Meta, Unity and Moloco at a $2.7B valuation. The stakes are minority and non-controlling — a deal built to keep ad measurement neutral in the AI era. We unpack why rivals would fund a referee, and the question it raises.

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