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Scale AI agents for business
When meeting with business leaders, there is excitement around the potential of what agentic AI can do for an organization. There is also a clear need to answer the question of how business leaders can effectively and efficiently deploy agentic AI.
New research from the IBM® Institute for Business Value shows the buy-in and excitement from business leaders: 86% of those surveyed expect process automation and workflow reinvention to be more effective with AI agents by 2027.
Traditional AI or automation tools are offering useful, yet still marginal, productivity gains but aren’t transforming the underlying process. With agentic AI, we can really start driving bigger and more strategic business outcomes that can create greater productivity and efficiency in an organization.
It’s not just about AI telling us what to do—it’s about AI starting to do it. We need to move beyond AI assistants and expand what’s possible with AI agents that can execute and adapt processes under human supervision. This shift requires real reengineering of how work gets done, unlocking the kind of value business leaders genuinely want to achieve.
Already 76% of executives surveyed say that they are operating and delivering proof-of-concepts that enable autonomous automation of intelligent workflows through AI agents, according to the IBM Institute for Business Value.
Every client I’ve worked with wants us to have a deep understanding of agentic AI, a credible point of view and experience scaling agentic AI. And for good reasons. Agentic AI comes with a lot of promise and immense potential to transform your business, but with it come technical demands and the need for a cultural shift within an organization.
From my own experience, I’ve learned that the ‘how’ has become a prominent focus for clients and organizations. They are keen on seeing incredible results in cost saving, efficiency and productivity. The following are my insights on how to integrate this technology and scale it to great outcomes.
The US plans to impose a 25% tax on products entering the country from South Korea and Japan on 1 August, President Donald Trump has said.
He announced the tariffs in a post on social media, sharing letters he said had been sent to leaders of the two countries.
The White House has said it expects to send similar messages to dozens of countries in coming days as the 90-day pause it placed on some of its most aggressive tariffs is set to expire.
The first two letters suggest that Trump remains committed to his initial push for tariffs, with little change from the rates announced in April.
At that time, he said he was looking to hit goods from Japan with duties of 24% and charge a 25% on products made in South Korea.
Those tariffs were included in a bigger “Liberation Day” announcement, which imposed tariffs on goods from countries around the world.
After outcry and turmoil on financial markets following the initial tariffs announcement, Trump suspended some of the import taxes to allow for talks. That deadline is set to expire on 9 July.
On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expected “a busy couple of days”.
“We’ve had a lot of people change their tune in terms of negotiations. So my mailbox was full last night with a lot of new offers, a lot of new proposals,” he told US business broadcaster CNBC.
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BBCEdinburgh Airport has lifted the 100ml rule for liquids being carried in hand luggage.
It will now be possible to take containers of up to two litres through security, and they will not need to be removed from bags.
The change comes after an extra two lanes and eight scanners costing £24m were installed at the international hub.
Edinburgh Airport is the first airport in Scotland to lift the rule. Birmingham airport has also lifted the rule.
There will be no limit on the number of containers that passengers can carry in their hand luggage, but metal water bottles will need to be emptied beforehand.
Items such as bottles of wine or large water bottles can also be taken on in cabin bags.
Smiths DetectionPassengers using the airport are also able to keep large electricals, such as iPads, tablets and laptops, in their hand luggage.
Gordon Dewar, chief executive of Edinburgh Airport, said it would allow passengers to move through security more easily than they currently do.
But he said passengers should check security rules at their return destination as other airports may not have moved away from the 100ml limit.
“A whole generation of travellers have only known the 100ml rule to be the case, so it really is a momentous day as we become the first airport in Scotland to lift the rule since it was introduced in 2006,” he said.
“The change allows more flexibility for passengers to take liquids through security, all while maintaining and improving our high safety levels through the use of 3D technology.”
What are the rules at Scotland’s airports?
Passengers at Glasgow and Aberdeen airports can leave liquids and electronics items, such as laptops and tablets, in cabin bags while going through security.
Liquids, which include creams, gels, pastes, sprays and aerosols, can be taken through in containers of up to 100ml in volume without using a plastic bag.
There is no limit on how many 100ml items passengers can bring.
At Inverness and Glasgow Prestwick airports, liquids, laptops and other electronic devices, including hairdryers, cameras and straighteners, must be removed from cabin bags and placed in a tray.
Liquids in a container of 100ml or less should be placed in a sealed 20cm x 20cm, one litre plastic bag.
Each passenger can only take one of these bags.
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