2024 was just an appetizer for what is coming in artificial intelligence…it was the year of generative AI. 2025, however, takes us into agentic artificial intelligence.
What is agentic AI, you say?
Well, to help us better understand that, Google has released a 42 page white paper on AI Agents to better understand the concept.
“An AI agent is an application that attempts to achieve a goal by observing the world and acting upon it using the tools that it has at its disposal. Agents are autonomous and can act independently of human intervention.”
The white paper goes in to detail on:
- The agentic model
- Agentic AI tools
- The orchestration layer
- Agents vs models
- as well as Cognitive Architectures: how agents operate

The white paper covers different tools: extensions, functions, and data stores, as well as how to get started with LangChain and Vertex AI agents.
