Glossary · term
Agent washing
Rebranding chatbots, RPA automation, or simple workflows as agents, without real autonomy, planning, memory, or accountable behavior. It is a marketing tactic that exploits the hype around agents to inflate a product's perceived value and make its capabilities harder to assess. The agentic counterpart of AI washing (around 2025).
Agents2025Wave 2 · 2024Maturity: 1/5
Maturity rationale
single R2 source, 2025-26 neologism
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