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In 2025, the AI landscape underwent a significant shift from merely enhancing intelligence to enabling actionable capabilities, marking the rise of "Agentic AI." This transition is exemplified by major advancements, such as OpenAI's Operator, which can autonomously navigate the web for tasks like travel bookings, and Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) that standardizes connections between AI agents and various applications, promoting a consistent memory and context. The formation of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) further solidified this movement, aiming to ensure interoperability and security in AI deployments, akin to foundational web standards. The implications for the AI/ML community are substantial, with industry spending on generative AI surging to $37 billion in 2025, a trend reflecting a broader shift toward full-scale adoption of agentic solutions. This year also saw enhancements across numerous sectors—from Salesforce's autonomous customer service agents to Apple's Siri executing cross-app tasks—demonstrating practical applications of AI agents in everyday operations. As technological and regulatory frameworks advance, the AI community is now focused on not just the capabilities of agents but also on establishing clear parameters for their integration and oversight, heralding a new era of productivity and accountability in the workforce.