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Your AI Agent May Be an Automation With a More Expensive Label

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26.09.2026

Your AI Agent May Be an Automation With a More Expensive Label

One concrete question reveals whether the product chooses its own path or simply runs predefined instructions.

EXPERT OPINION BY PAM DIDNER, B2B MARKETING CONSULTANT AND AI STRATEGIST

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In my first year working with AI, I couldn’t tell the difference between an agent and an automation. I used the terms interchangeably.

At the individual level, I built custom agents to........

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