AI agents have long outgrown the role of simple chatbots. Today they are powerful tools that don't just answer questions — they act: working with files, running code, managing projects, and integrating deeply into your workflows.
To make sense of this growing ecosystem, it helps to divide modern AI agents into three main categories.
1. Chatbots (Web & Messengers)
The most popular and accessible format. You talk to the AI through a browser or a messenger. These agents have powerful intelligence, excellent context memory, and multimodal capabilities (text, images, files).
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