While OpenAI and Microsoft have made similar claims, Google is “arguably leading the conversation around identity, audit trails, and who, or what, is ultimately responsible for workflows,” Levy said.
Google and others looking to be ‘gatekeepers’
As the AI industry pivots beyond mere chatbots toward its “inevitably agentic future,” the role of companies like Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, and others in the role of gatekeepers comes into sharper focus, Levy noted. The defining layer has shifted from operating systems to browsers, apps, cloud platforms, and now large language models (LLMs).
In the agentic rush, key players are racing to establish their role in enterprise workflow infrastructure. “The agent layer could be the ultimate prize of the AI era, and it largely explains why every vendor announcement seems to essentially claim the same thing,” Levy said.
This story originally appeared on Computerworld
