Contributors The World Economic Forum’s AI Governance Alliance Safe Systems and Technologies working group convenes chief science officers and AI producers to advance thought leadership surrounding AI agents, from their architecture to applications, social implications, guardrails and governance structures. This initiative promotes the development of safety mechanisms and encourages collaboration on best practices for AI system design and implementation.55 World Economic Forum Benjamin Larsen Lead, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Cathy Li Head, AI, Data and Metaverse; Member of the Executive Committee Stephanie Teeuwen Specialist, Data Policy and AICapgemini Olivier Denti Data Architect, AI, Capgemini Invent Jason DePerro AI UX Design Lead, Capgemini Invent Efi Raili Safety Authority, Technology and Innovation, Capgemini Engineering Acknowledgements Animashree (Anima) Anandkumar Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Nebahat Arslan Director, Group General Counsel and Partnership Officer, Women in AI Ricardo Baeza-Yates Director of Research, Institute for Experiential AI, Northeastern University Austin Baik Responsible AI/AI Governance, TikTok Amir Banifatemi Co-Founder and Director, AI Commons William Bartholomew Director of Public Policy, Responsible AI, Microsoft Pete Bernard Executive Director, tinyML Foundation Stella Biderman Executive Director, EleutherAI Francis Bilodeau Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Davor Bonaci Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer, DatastaxMatt Boulos Head, Policy and Safety, Imbue Fabio Casati Lead, AI Trust and Governance Lab, ServiceNow Jennifer Chayes Dean of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, University of California, Berkeley Kevin Chung Chief Operating Officer, Writer AI Jeff Clune Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Vector Institute Cathy Cobey Global Responsible AI Co-Lead, EY Claudionor Coelho Chief AI Officer, Zscaler Sakyasingha Dasgupta Founder and Chief Executive Officer, EdgeCortix Umeshwar Dayal Senior Fellow and Senior Vice-President, Hitachi America; Corporate Chief Scientist, Hitachi Mona Diab Director of Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University Navigating the AI Frontier: A Primer on the Evolution and Impact of AI Agents 23

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