Another one. Grok Bot shipped, OpenBot cloned the idea a week later, and Hermes, Buzz, and Herdr were already in the shop. They all sell an AI that does the work. They are not the same layer. Here is the map we use before we clone anything.
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Where IT Teams Can Actually Trust AI Agents in 2026
Microsoft’s 2026 Agent Confidence Index is useful if IT teams read it as a trust map, not a permission slip. Start with reversible work like reports, release notes, certificate monitoring, and stream summaries. Keep humans on production changes, schema migrations, and security decisions.
