The Agentic Web Is Here: A Look Back at Berners-Lee's Vision
This feature looks back at Tim Berners-Lee's 2001 article about the Semantic Web, an internet designed so that machines could navigate and understand information. It connects that early vision to the idea of an agentic web, where AI systems take an active role online.
Quick glossaryMIT Technology Review, Semantic Web, agentic web
- MIT Technology Review
- A US magazine run by MIT that reports on new technology and how it changes society.
- Semantic Web
- An idea for web pages with labels that computers can read, so machines can understand and link information.
- agentic web
- A version of the web where AI programs act on a person's behalf to complete tasks online.
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