Everything is being called an AI agent now and it’s getting confusing

Lately it feels like every AI tool with a few buttons and integrations is being called an agent. Sometimes it is actually doing multi-step work, but other times it just feels like a chatbot with access to a tool or two. I don’t think that is always bad. Even a simple tool-using assistant can be useful. But the word “agent” is starting to feel stretched. An AI that drafts an email, an AI that browses a website, an AI that fills a form, and an AI that can keep track of a task over time are all being put in the same bucket.