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EPISODE · Mar 25, 2025 · 51 MIN

Are AI agents our new colleagues, Kathrin Schwan & Tobias Regenfuß?

from The Optimist – Conversations with the leaders and industries shaping Europe’s digital future · host TECH by HANDELSBLATT MEDIA GROUP GmbH

The third episode of 'The Optimist' takes you into the new world of work. Kathrin Schwan und Tobias Regenfuss, both Managing Directors and AI leaders at Accenture, explain the emergence of “Agentic AI”, where not only single tasks, but entire teams and organizations are supported or run by artificial intelligence. So what do these AI agents actually do? How do they work together and create revenue? And what are the skills needed by us humans to orchestrate and direct agents in the near future? Follow Kathrin and Tobias all the way from the office to the battlefield, from WhatsApp to Signal, and from U.S. to European Agentic AI - and re-shape your own future of work along the way.

The third episode of 'The Optimist' takes you into the new world of work. Kathrin Schwan und Tobias Regenfuss, both Managing Directors and AI leaders at Accenture, explain the emergence of “Agentic AI”, where not only single tasks, but entire teams and organizations are supported or run by artificial intelligence. So what do these AI agents actually do? How do they work together and create revenue? And what are the skills needed by us humans to orchestrate and direct agents in the near future? Follow Kathrin and Tobias all the way from the office to the battlefield, from WhatsApp to Signal, and from U.S. to European Agentic AI - and re-shape your own future of work along the way.

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