{
  "id": 3117,
  "url": "https://www.debevoisedatablog.com/2026/07/01/what-exactly-is-an-ai-system-an-ai-solution-or-an-ai-agent-debevoises-updated-practical-definitions-for-common-ai-terms",
  "title": "What Exactly Is an “AI System,” an “AI Solution,” or an “AI Agent”? Debevoise’s Updated Practical Definitions for Common AI Terms",
  "summary": "Last November, we published a blog post setting out our definitions of common AI terms. AI has continued to evolve rapidly since then. This update replaces that post and incorporates newer terminology, including “AI Agent,” “Agentic AI,” and “Harness.” AI governance is hard enough without the added difficulty of assessing risks absent a common understanding [...]",
  "authors": "Avi Gesser",
  "category": "policy",
  "topics": "regulation,agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-01T19:15:37.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:11:46.979Z",
  "source_slug": "x-debevoise-data-blog",
  "source_name": "Debevoise Data Blog",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.debevoisedatablog.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/3117",
  "original_url": "https://www.debevoisedatablog.com/2026/07/01/what-exactly-is-an-ai-system-an-ai-solution-or-an-ai-agent-debevoises-updated-practical-definitions-for-common-ai-terms",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}