'The EU’s next chapter in AI is agentic': New OpenAI report claims agent use is on the rise across Europe — but it still has some way to catch up to other markets
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Agentic AI adoption in Europe is climbing but still lagging other regions—so the opportunity is in vertical, regulation-aware agents rather than generic copilots. European SMBs that move early with tightly scoped, compliant agents can lock in process advantages while regulators and slower peers are still debating frameworks.
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