From Chatbot to Agent: How AI That Takes Action Works

An explainer on AI agents: how they evolved from chatbots (2022–2026), how they are built (model, harness, sandbox, tools, knowledge), why they consume so many tokens and who profits, and why security must sit outside the agent. Translated from the Italian original "Dal chatbot all'agente: come funziona l'AI che agisce".

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2026-10-30
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23758252
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Artificial Intelligence Applications
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From Chatbot to Agent: How AI That Takes Action Works

Giuseppe Rubino
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Artificial Intelligence Applications
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From Chatbot to Agent: How AI That Takes Action Works

Giuseppe Rubino
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Abstract

An explainer on AI agents: how they evolved from chatbots (2022–2026), how they are built (model, harness, sandbox, tools, knowledge), why they consume so many tokens and who profits, and why security must sit outside the agent. Translated from the Italian original "Dal chatbot all'agente: come funziona l'AI che agisce".

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