What is the difference between an AI agent and a chatbot?

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    “A chatbot answers questions. An AI agent acts - it can read from and write to your systems, chain together multiple steps, and complete a task on your behalf within defined guardrails. Most of what we build sits closer to the agent end: connected to real tools, not just a conversation window.”

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