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But not all AI is generative, even though generative AI developers have disrupted and dominated the conversation, affecting us all and creating three issues that apply particularly to people with brain injury. According to Galileo AI, which observes and evaluates GenAI apps, agentic AI autonomously pursues goals through “planning, tool use, and execution.” Attie, an alternative to closed AI ecosystems, is an open-source agentic AI that uses Anthropic to generate Attie’s responses that connect to your Atmosphere (ATProto) identity for “exploring and building on the network.” This kind of AI could emancipate people with brain injury wholly or partially from depending on others for daily tasks and online social life. But allowing AI in swirls up questions around privacy and medical confidentiality.

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