Where Do AI Agents Run? The Three Places Explained
AI agents run in one of three places: a vendor’s servers, your own device, or a scheduler that works while you sleep. What changes for you in each.
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AI agents run in one of three places: a vendor’s servers, your own device, or a scheduler that works while you sleep. What changes for you in each.
A chatbot hands you text. An agent takes actions. What actually changes, what the vendors themselves say they will pause for, and the one new risk.