Q&A: What is agentic AI today, and what do we want it to be?

AI Special Report · Aug 8, 2026

## Episode Summary In this episode, we cover: - **Q&A: What is agentic AI today, and what do we want it to be?** (MIT AI News) - [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/agentic-ai-and-what-do-we-want-it-be-0630) - **Inaugural Music Technology Research Showcase celebrates work of new graduate program’s initial students ** (MIT AI News) - [Read more](https://news.mit.edu/2026/inaugural-mit-music-technology-research-showcase-celebrates-work-students-0629) - **Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping** (TechCrunch AI) - [Read…