WSJ Tech News Briefing · Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Major tech companies are increasingly using AI agents to handle multi-step tasks, moving beyond simple summarization or drafting. Employees in these firms act as fact-checkers, reviewing the AI's output, which provides an early look at how white-collar work may evolve.
“But inside the companies creating AI tools, employees are starting to hand over more complicated tasks. These internal experiments are offering an early glimpse of how work itself could change as businesses become more comfortable relying on AI.”
“The big thing right now is using agents to handle multi-step tasks. So, you know, previously you might have seen people using AI to help write an email for them or turn out some research. And now what you're seeing is this implementation of what are called agentic workflows where the AI is just handling more sophisticated work that previously a person would have done.”
“And then now the person is basically a fact checker.”