New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- If you were born in the pre-internet era, you'll surely have experienced that uncomfortable moment when a digital-native youngster looks at you strangely and wonders why you couldn't have just gone online and looked for what you wanted when you were little. Quite as if it were entirely our fault for not having a handy internet-like thing around. Imagine what it will be like for those growing up with agents around to do their bidding.

With another intelligence now occupying the space between intention and outcome, how will agentic-natives develop personal accountability and agency?

At the beginning of 2026, it was hard to imagine what the year of AI agents would actually mean. We're not done with the year yet, but a...