# AI Agents Are About to Flood the Workforce. No One's Ready for It

> **Publication**: aitalky (Independent AI Journalism)
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> **Original Source**: [Wired AI](https://www.wired.com/story/ai-agents-are-about-to-flood-the-workforce-no-ones-ready-for-it/)
> **Author**: Kate Taylor (undefined)
> **Published Date**: Monday, September 28, 2026
> **Category**: CULTURE
> **Tags**: News, Wired AI, AI

## Executive Summary
Your next coworker might well be an AI agent—and will require a whole new model of workplace interactions



## Full Coverage
But these coworkers aren't human: They are all artificial intelligence agents

The rise of AI agents —systems, based on large language models, designed to complete tasks autonomously—has launched a tsunami of companies selling the services of digital employees . These agents are supposed to be the perfect worker bees: available 24/7, never complaining, and providing superhuman intelligence

Yet there has been curiously little discussion of what these agents are like as actual coworkers. Julie Bedard, a Boston Consulting Group partner, noticed the murky nature of how people talked about AI at work three years ago, as rapid adoption of ChatGPT convinced executives the technology could bring exponential improvements in productivity

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