What Makes an "Agent" Different from a Chatbot?

Posted on Tue 15 September 2026 in Beginner Guide • Tagged with GenAI, LLM, AI-agents, chatbots, beginner

Why This Matters

"Agent" has become one of the most overused words in GenAI right now. Every product seems to call itself an agent, but a lot of them are really just chatbots with a new label. As a beginner, I found this genuinely confusing — so I sat down and …


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