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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In artificial intelligence, 2025 marked a decisive shift. Systems once confined to research labs and prototypes began to appear as everyday tools. At the center of this transition was the rise of AI agents – AI systems that can use other software tools and act on their...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — A volcanologist says a new artificial intelligence (AI) volcano forecasting tool, with the potential to save lives around the world, is still some way off being rolled out in places like Tonga.
It uses data from well-monitored volcanoes and applies it to under-monitored...
Seattle, WASHINGTON — If you have used Google lately and been lucky – or unlucky – enough to encounter an answer to your query rather than a bunch of links, you have been subjected to something called AI Overviews. This is a new core feature that Google has been rolling out, a move widely...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — An artificial intelligent agent named Tala may open the door on a new way of gathering feedback from New Zealand's Samoan community.
The Talanoa Project is a pilot project that uses IBM's artificial intelligence virtual agent solution, Watson, to interact in real time in...

![AI agents go beyond simple automation. They use vast amounts of data and sophisticated algorithms to provide personalized experiences, improve operations, and enable new possibilities for human-AI collaboration and creativity. [image: Velaro] AI Agent](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ai_agent_image.jpg?itok=DrDYiy8o)


![The Talanoa Project in action. It is a is a pilot project that uses IBM's artificial intelligence virtual agent solution, Watson, to interact in real time in Samoan for public consultation and community engagement. [photo supplied] A Talamoa Project conversation](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/four_col_tala_aiweb.jpg?itok=gv9GCQJy)