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AI agents explained — what tool calling actually means for you

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. Everyone’s talking about AI agents right now. But if you’ve tried to figure out what they actually are, you’ve probably hit a wall of jargon — “function calling,” “orchestration,” “agentic loops” — that makes your eyes glaze over. I was in the same boat until I stopped reading tech blogs and just started using them. ...

June 8, 2026 · 5 min · 986 words · NCR

How AI calls other tools (and why you should care)

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. Last week I asked my AI assistant to check my calendar, find a gap, and schedule a meeting. It did it. No copy-pasting. No switching tabs. Just… did it. That’s tool calling. And if you’re using AI without it, you’re using 10% of what these models can actually do. ...

May 21, 2026 · 6 min · 1092 words · NCR

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