For decades, technological innovation has followed a similar pattern: computers become more powerful, hardware grows smaller, and new user interfaces are born, changing the way people interact with their devices. Each evolution has made technology more accessible and fueled innovation. 

Take the mouse, which made computers accessible to everyone and paved the way for a graphical user interface. The browser brought the internet to the masses. Or the smartphone, which put a computer in our pockets and gave rise to the app economy. Each redefined computing for its era, expanding what people could do with technology. Today, computers are in cars, watches, smart glasses, earbuds, cameras, and more.

Now, we’re on the cusp of another inflection point: AI is becoming agentic, from responding to prompts to acting and coordinating on your behalf. I believe this evolution will not just be the defining transformation of the year, but of the next decade. 

Going forward, AI agents will act increasingly independently. They will reason through multiple steps, draw on personal and environmental context, and take action—booking, coordinating, deciding, and adapting as conditions change. And they will do that by drawing on intelligence distributed across the device (or multiple devices), the network edge, and the cloud, depending on what the........

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