The Ultimate Guide to AI Agents

2026 · UK 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.

UK AI Agents news
Analyst Insights
SnapLogic adds AI gateway to push agents into work
Gartner · Agentic AI · MarTech
Yesterday
Capsule Security raises $7 million to guard AI agents
Gartner · Agentic AI · PAM
2 days ago
Infobip launches AgentOS platform, targets agentic AI shift
Gartner · Agentic AI · UC
4 days ago
Thoughtworks: The inside line on AI software development from the company that created Agile
Gartner · Agentic AI · DevOps
Last week
Appspace named Gartner leader in workplace experience
Gartner · Agentic AI · SaaS
Last week
Expert columns
Strategy and innovation: Key takeaways from Gamma's regional forums
By Will Morey of Gamma
2 days ago
Cutting through the noise: Lessons from deploying AI in a live SOC
By Alex Ayers of Gamma Communications
4 days ago
5 eCommerce trends set to define 2026
By Bobby Joseph of Melissa
Last week
Why the next phase of AI adoption will be determined less by models and more by data foundations
By Will LaForest of Confluent
Last week
AI can inspire travel, but it still can't book it. That's about to change
By Mike Putman of Custom Travel Solutions
This 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
Trust as a measurable asset for CMOs in the age of AI
By Geoff Main of Passionberry Marketing
Last month
AI proof over hype: In a market obsessed with scaling AI, smart organisations are obsessed with proof
By Slavena Hristova of ABBYY
Last month
Why the next endpoint and SASE disruption will not come from a security vendor
By Chandrodaya Prasad of SonicWall
Last month
Upgrade advantage: More value, less effort for partners, MSPs & MSSPs
By Sarah Choi and Mahpara Banday of SonicWall
Last month
How the universal adoption of AI can help women in insurance balance the scales
By Laura Drabik of Guidewire
Last month
Gender bias in AI - how to spot it, and how to prevent it
By Ruth Bucknell of Merkle UK
Last month
AI at Goddiva, a woman's perspective
By Amber Domenech of Goddiva
Last month
Interviews
Exclusive: Celonis global banking head says AI rollout hinges on process intelligence
Discussing Productivity
5 days ago
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
Rise of AI Agents introduces new infosec risk: Okta
Discussing Data Protection
Last month
Recent news
OpenAI expands Codex with desktop & workflow tools
About Memory
Today
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.7 with stronger coding
About Software Updates
Today
Canva launches AI 2.0 to turn prompts into editable designs
About Software-as-a-Service
Today
Mastercard & Lobster.cash team up for AI agent payments
About Online shopping
Today
Equinix launches Fabric Intelligence for AI networks
About Unified Communications
Yesterday
Opera launches Browser Connector for ChatGPT & Claude
About Search
Yesterday
spektr raises USD $20 million to expand AI compliance
About Productivity
Yesterday
Lua raises USD $5.8 million seed round led by Norrsken22
About Workforce Technology
Yesterday
GitLab 18.11 adds AI agents for security & pipelines
About Cloud Services
Yesterday
Rubrik survey warns of AI agents outpacing security
About Cloud Services
Yesterday
Twilio launches embeddable Flex contact centre for apps
About Business Intelligence
Yesterday
AWS launches Amazon Bio Discovery app for drug design
About Data management
Yesterday
Sentra & Wiz add data classification to cloud risks
About Storage
Yesterday
OpenSearch 3.6 debuts with new observability stack
About DevOps
Yesterday
IBM unveils AI cyber defences against autonomous attacks
About Business Continuity
Yesterday
Job moves
Ledger appoints Ian Rogers to lead AI security push
Move at Ledger
3 days ago
Synthflow appoints Matt Alexander as Channel Chief
Move at Ericsson
Last week
Yubico appoints chief marketing officer as phishing grows
Move at Yubico
Last month
Singulr AI expands Richard Bird role to steer agentic risk
Move at Singular AI
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
NeuBird AI names Venkat Ramakrishnan president & COO
Move at Cisco
Thu, 5th Feb 2026
Zendesk names Craig Flower COO to drive AI first shift
Move at HP
Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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