The Download: AI agents, and how to detect a lie

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.

What are AI agents?

When ChatGPT was first released, everyone in AI was talking about the new generation of AI assistants. But over the past year, that excitement has turned to a new target: AI agents.

Agents featured prominently in Google’s annual I/O conference in May, when the company unveiled its new AI agent called Astra, which...