The Ultimate Guide to AI Agents
A curated Asian edition of IndustrialDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for AI Agents (Agentic AI).
What to know about AI Agents
AI agents represent a transformative area within artificial intelligence, focusing on autonomous or semi-autonomous systems capable of performing complex tasks and making decisions to enhance business operations and personal productivity.
Our recent stories highlight how AI agents are rapidly evolving across sectors—from cybersecurity and data management to customer experience and enterprise automation. Companies are integrating AI agents to improve efficiency, drive innovation, and manage security risks in increasingly sophisticated ways.
By exploring these developments, readers can gain insights into the potential benefits, emerging applications, and challenges associated with AI agent deployment. Whether you're interested in how AI agents enhance software development, automate workflows, or secure enterprise environments, this tag offers a comprehensive look at this dynamic and impactful technology.
Asian AI Agents News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
CrowdStrike finds AI-driven hacks on South Korean banks
The campaign exposed how an unknown financially motivated actor used AI tools to breach multiple South Korean financial firms and steal data.
HPE unveils ProLiant Gen13 servers for AI workloads
The new range aims to help enterprises run AI inference and analytics on standard servers while adding stronger security and easier management.
Singapore firms face AI access gaps, Delinea finds
Almost all surveyed firms had AI rules on paper, but 98.8% reported tools or agents accessing sensitive data beyond their intended scope.
Singapore consumers wary of AI agents making purchases
Despite strong interest in AI shopping tools, most Singapore consumers want to approve each purchase themselves, a Global Payments survey found.
Starbucks teams up with Alipay for AI coffee alarm
Chinese consumers can now schedule daily Starbucks orders through Alipay's AI agent, as the firms deepen ties around routine mobile payments.
Automaid launches AI hub for agents that keep working
It targets users who want AI to keep tasks moving across email, Slack and web apps after a chat ends, challenging manual automation tools.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Agents
Airrived named Gartner cool vendor in agentic AI security
Keeper passes 100,000 customers amid AI security push
Kingston holds global DRAM module lead with 62% share
Kantata launches Agent Studio for professional services
SAS launches AI Navigator for enterprise governance
Featured News
AI, data analytics driving FPT's strong APAC growth
Enterprises across APAC are moving from AI trials to deployment, boosting demand for FPT's data-led transformation services.
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
UiPath: AI agents force rethink of junior tech roles
Routine junior tasks could soon be handed to AI agents, forcing firms to redeploy early-career staff towards strategic work, UiPath's CEO says.
Workiva: The secret compliance and reporting arms race
Driven by improved tooling, finance teams are meeting higher standards as regulators and analysts scrutinise disclosures faster.
Filigran: Does your CISO know enough?
CISOs are under pressure to answer boardroom questions on exposure in minutes, as Filigran pushes CTEM and open-source validation tools.
Exclusive: ABBYY says AI build costs will drive buying
Enterprises could cut AI spend by up to 80% by shifting document workflows away from custom builds and into standard platforms.
Exclusive: ABBYY brings zero-shot document AI to Vantage
Enterprises can now extract data from unseen document types without templates, as ABBYY rolls out zero-shot capabilities in Vantage.
Interview: Cloudera bets on hybrid AI growth in JAPAC
Banks and large enterprises in Asia-Pacific are rethinking cloud-first AI plans as costs, sovereignty and regulation favour hybrid deployments.
Open source is powering the next generation of frontier AI
Rising inference demand and custom hardware needs are pushing AI infrastructure beyond standard cloud setups, boosting open source tools.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Mimecast CEO: Agentic AI threat novel but not entirely new
Hidden AI risks are already widespread in workplaces, with Mimecast saying users are driving shadow tools and most exposure still starts with people.
Customers at the centre of Adobe's new AI evangelist role
Adobe is using the post to help customers navigate AI adoption while feeding regional priorities back into its global product strategy.
Zendesk's outcome-based pricing balances AI with human touch
Businesses will pay only for closed support cases under Zendesk's new model, as the software group ties AI automation to human fallback.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Autonomous IT boom fuelling LogicMonitor's APAC growth
APAC customers are fuelling LogicMonitor's AI growth, with Australia among the earliest adopters of its Edwin AI platform.
Lumana's focus on vertical applications for AI video surveillance platform
Lumana's Principal Product Manager says its camera-agnostic AI platform is expanding beyond security into retail, healthcare and smart cities.
CrowdStrike report: AI is rewriting rules of cybersecurity
Organisations now have just 48 hours to patch most flaws, as AI helps attackers weaponise vulnerabilities far faster than before.
Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword
AI is shrinking the gap between vulnerability disclosure and real-world exploitation to hours, forcing security teams to adapt fast.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
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Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
Agentic rollout creates new identity security challenge
Poor governance is leaving many AI agents stuck out of production, while those that run can expose firms to legal and security risks.
Expert Columns
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Stop saying AI hacked the system
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Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Agents News
Beyond Now launches platform for AI telecoms revenue
Telecoms operators could speed new AI offers to market, as Beyond Now's platform aims to cut friction in pricing, billing and partner settlement.
Insurers race towards autonomous AI, Sapiens survey finds
Two thirds of senior insurance professionals expect AI to become fully autonomous within three years, despite patchy adoption and governance gaps.
Sapiens launches AI foundation for insurance platforms
It is designed to curb hallucinations and model drift by grounding insurer workflows in decades of sector-specific data, code and documentation.
OutSystems opens Agent Experience to third-party AI agents
Large firms in regulated sectors can now use third-party AI coding agents inside OutSystems while retaining governance, auditability and deployment control.
Netskope launches AgentSkope marketplace for teams
The new marketplace lets customers manage AI agents in one console, easing procurement bottlenecks and helping overstretched security teams triage alerts faster.
Most firms run AI agents without proper security tools
Most enterprises are deploying AI agents in production without dedicated security controls, leaving a 40-to-1 gap between adoption and readiness.
Abnormal AI expands security suite with five products
The expansion gives security teams clearer oversight of staff and autonomous agents as businesses rush to embed generative AI in daily work.
RiskProfiler launches MCP connector for AI threat hunts
Security teams could speed up external threat investigations as RiskProfiler's new connector lets authorised users query its platform through AI assistants.
Stacklet launches Token Custodian to govern AI token spend
Enterprises are under pressure to prove AI value as Stacklet's new tool ties token usage to budgets, teams and cost centres.
AMD launches Ross AI assistant for embedded developers
By automating debugging, design and deployment tasks, Ross could cut development time for teams working across AMD's increasingly complex embedded stack.
IBM & Red Hat launch Lightwell remediation service
Enterprises running ageing Java libraries could get faster fixes, as the new service has already remediated more than 400 unknown vulnerabilities.
Australian firms see AI IT gains but still demand oversight
Despite strong returns from AI in IT, most Australian organisations still insist on human sign-off before systems can make operational decisions.
Dell adds AI data tools for governed enterprise use
The new platform aims to let businesses deploy AI agents on sensitive records without losing control over access, context or governance.
Stack Overflow survey shows developers trust AI with caveats
Most developers now use AI tools at work, but fewer than one in 15 would trust them for important decisions without verification.
Rocket expands mainframe EVA AI platform with PlanGuard
A security layer is now meant to stop AI agents on mainframes from straying beyond approved tasks, as firms face a shortage of specialist staff.
Nvidia outlines AI agent security framework with OpenShell
Businesses face rising risk as Nvidia says AI agents need enforceable boundaries, accountable owners and proof that safeguards actually work.
Stack Overflow survey finds developers wary of AI tools
Trust remains the sticking point, with only 6.6% of developers willing to trust AI with an important decision despite widespread use of coding tools.
Dell expands AI Data Platform with knowledge graph
The new features aim to help enterprises govern data better and move AI agents into production while keeping sensitive records in their own data centres.
AI overtakes legacy replacement in Kyndryl modernisation
Organisations are now prioritising AI over replacing old systems, with Kyndryl finding 98% of respondents have delayed modernisation and suffered setbacks.
Mixpanel launches Agent Intelligence to track AI agents
Product teams can now see whether AI agents help users complete tasks, as Mixpanel's new tool links conversations to customer behaviour and outcomes.
