Research questionHow can we distinguish genuine agentic progress from interface expansion, persistence, and environmental coupling when delegating authority?Systems can gain tools, persistent state, and environmental control without demonstrating reliable completion, recovery, authorization, or independent verification. These additions can therefore make autonomy appear stronger than the underlying competence warrants. Latest papersRecent research connected to this question, newest first.From Language Models to World-Acting Systems: Progress and Limits of Agentic AI across Digital, Social, Virtual, and Physical EnvironmentsThe source reviews agentic systems that use tools, operate interfaces, delegate work, retain state, inhabit generated worlds, and control robots or laboratory equipment. Its evidence more convincingly supports action-interface expansion than robust completion, recovery, authorization, independent verification, or unattended open-world reliability; interoperability and multi-agent organization are not treated as proof of trustworthy delegation.research paper · Sep 4, 2026