A good article that summaries a study from Cornell University and the University of the Peloponnese that offers a comprehensive framework distinguishing AI Agents from Agentic AI. The University study, for those interested goes into a huge amount of detail.
The link to the AI Insider summary is here – https://theaiinsider.tech/2025/05/19/whats-the-difference-between-ai-agents-and-agentic-ai-new-study-separates-signal-from-noise-in-the-ai-agent-boom/
And for those keen to know more and dig deeper, the link to the full University study is here – https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10468