Will AI agents 'get real' in 2026?
In my house, we consume a lot of AI research. We also watch a lot—probably too much—TV. Late in 2025, those worlds collided when the AI giant Anthropic was featured on “60 Minutes.” My husband tried to scroll past it, but I snatched the controller away, unable to resist a headline calling out the first widely acknowledged case of an “agentic AI cyberattack.” The framing itself was irresistible, a milestone moment in the rapid acceleration of AI.