Building AI Agents That Actually Work. Plus Grok 3 & Microsoft's Quantum Leap

About this episode

This episode discusses the practical applications and realities of AI agents for small and mid-market businesses, contrasting current capabilities with marketing promises.

In this episode, we cut through the AI agent hype flooding LinkedIn feeds to reveal what's actually working for small and mid-market businesses today. We talk about: • Current AI agent capabilities versus marketing promises (00:00) • How reasoning models have changed the agent landscape (03:13) • Code vs. no-code approaches for different team structures (07:15) • Model flexibility in agent workflows (10:36) • Practical security considerations for implementation (17:39) • Top agent-building ...

People in this episode

Host: Work Less

Topics covered

• AI agents
• business technology
• security considerations
• no-code approaches
• model flexibility

Keywords

• AI agents
• business
• security
• no-code
• model flexibility
• implementation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft

Products: Grok 3

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