# BONUS: Agentic AI explained – The next phase of artificial intelligence Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-times-tech-podcast-487766/bonus-episode-agentic-ai-explained-the-next-phase-of-artificial-intelligence Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-times-tech-podcast-487766/bonus-episode-agentic-ai-explained-the-next-phase-of-artificial-intelligence.md Podcast: [The Times Tech Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-times-tech-podcast-487766) Published: 2026-02-23T00:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/dannyinthevalley/episodes/bonus-episode-agentic-ai-explained-the-next-phase-of-artific Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/dannyinthevalley/e/69987afe68ec8626d20986a9/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-times-tech-podcast-487766/episodes/bonus-episode-agentic-ai-explained-the-next-phase-of-artificial-intelligence Duration seconds: 1563 ## Resource This episode of The Times Tech podcast is sponsored by PwC. Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase. It’s no longer just about chatbots generating text or analysing data. The next frontier is agentic AI systems that can coordinate tasks, make decisions and act with a degree of autonomy. In this sponsored bonus episode, brought to you by PwC, Katie Prescott speaks to Lilia Christofi, Partner for AI and Data at PwC, about what agentic AI really means in practice.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-times-tech-podcast-487766/episodes/bonus-episode-agentic-ai-explained-the-next-phase-of-artificial-intelligence/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-times-tech-podcast-487766/bonus-episode-agentic-ai-explained-the-next-phase-of-artificial-intelligence.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.