A stark divide is emerging in how the world’s biggest tech players are approaching artificial intelligence (AI). At the Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona this week, the buzz phrase that dominated the event, which attracted more than 100,000 delegates, was “AI agents.”

These are digital assistants capable of executing complex multistep tasks. Instead of users manually navigating multiple apps and services, AI agents take over the process, handling interactions seamlessly...

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