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Reimagine business productivity with AI agents and assistants
Focus: Agents for Everyone
Date: March 17, 2025
Duration: 7:58
Topics: AI assistants, Agent adoption, Knowledge work
Evidence: Publisher Authored
Availability: Public playback verified
Summary: IBM AI Academy presenter Parul Mishra explains how AI assistants differ from AI agents and how both can support enterprise knowledge work. The episode considers choosing the appropriate form of assistance or automation for a business use case. This evergreen educational overview is not an independent productivity benchmark; the synopsis is based on IBM's published episode description.
Why it matters: Match the level of automation to one clearly defined task before deploying an agent. Use the distinction between assistants and agents to identify where employees need support, where actions require approval, and what outcomes to measure.
Replacement note: This evergreen IBM episode replaces an unavailable video. Originally published March 17, 2025; it is not an October 2026 news release.
Source: Watch on IBM AI Academy