Are chatbots that speak well are over? The era of ‘AI agents’ that make reservations and payments directly begins!
Just a year or two ago, we had to be content with ‘asking’ chatbots for information. The main questions were “Recommend a good restaurant” and “Tell me the date in London.” But as of March 2026, AI is no longer just talking. The era of Agentic AI, the ‘era of execution’ that opens apps, selects menus, and presses payment buttons on behalf of users, has begun in earnest.
The era of telling without asking: The emergence of AI agents
The combination of Samsung Electronics' recently released Galaxy S26 series and Google Gemini shows this change at the highest level. The new Gemini Engine installed in the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra automatically executes complex workflows based on the user's simple words, "Please order sweet and sour pork from the restaurant I ate yesterday in time for work."
In this process, AI goes beyond simply running delivery apps. It checks the user's past order history, determines whether the restaurant is currently open, and links the payment method to complete the final order. All the user has to do is approve the confirmation pop-up asking “Would you like to place an order?” This is the ‘autonomous agent’ we have been waiting for.
Agentic AI changes the everyday landscape
How will these technological advances change our daily lives? An impact beyond simply ordering food delivery awaits.
- Personal expert-level scheduling: Agents read your emails and coordinate meeting schedules. When you say, “Reserve a location for a brunch meeting with my team members this Friday afternoon,” AI checks the free time on the team members’ calendars, recommends an appropriate location, and even sends a reservation confirmation email.
- Batch processing of complex travel plans: Our agent handles everything from flight search to hotel reservation and rental car payment all at once. All users have to say is their budget and preferences. It is now possible for AI to monitor real-time price changes and attempt payment at the most optimal timing.
- Innovation in business assistance: For a solo entrepreneur or freelancer, it is no different from having a secretary. The AI agent autonomously performs a series of routines such as creating a quote, sending it to the client, confirming payment, and updating the status in the project management tool.
Why are you an ‘agent’ now?
It is clear why global AI big tech companies such as Open AI, Anthropic, and Google are collectively calling for ‘agents’. This is because the ability of LLM (Large Language Model) to identify language features has reached maturity. AI has now gone beyond understanding human language and has learned to navigate and manipulate program interfaces (UI/API).
In particular, the technology introduced in the Samsung S26 Ultra represents the pinnacle of on-device AI technology. As personal sensitive payment information or schedules are processed safely inside the device rather than being sent to the cloud, resistance to delegating authority to AI has been greatly reduced.
The attitude we need to prepare
The core competitiveness in the era of agentic AI is now shifting from ‘what you know’ to ‘what authority to delegate and how to delegate it to AI.’ If you are a solo entrepreneur or smart worker, you need to make a list of which routines in your work can be replaced by an AI agent.
Of course, as it is still in its early stages, there are still concerns about AI malfunction or security. But as always, technology advances faster than we can imagine. The signal of 'executing AI' launched by Samsung and Google will soon spread not only to smartphones but also to home appliances, automobiles, and office software.
What do you want AI to do for you today? Now is the time to say, “Take care of this,” not “What do you think?”
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