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Last Monday, attendees at the AI WIPS conference learned what happens when AI stops responding to prompts and starts acting on behalf of humans. Thank you to everyone who joined the OECD.AI session on the rise of agentic AI at AI-WIPS 2026. The strong participation and discussion reflected just how quickly this topic is moving from research to real-world deployment across workplaces and institutions. Moderated by Sara Rendtorff-Smith, the session brought together leading perspectives from policy, research, industry and labour to explore how agentic systems are beginning to set goals, make decisions and act with increasing autonomy, and what this means for productivity, trust and the future of work. 𝗔 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀: Francesca Rossi (IBM), Olfa Kharrat (Salesforce), Vincent Corruble (Sorbonne University), Wan Sie LEE (IMDA Singapore), Rosie Hood, PhD (LinkedIn) and Evelyn Astor (ITUC) for a rich and forward-looking exchange. We were especially pleased to open the session with a live demonstration from Salesforce, showing how agentic AI is already moving from concept to practice. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗜-𝗪𝗜𝗣𝗦 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 for helping make this year’s conference such a success. ▶️ 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄. #AIWIPS #FutureOfWork #AIpolicy #OECDAI #Productivity #Skills #AgenticAI