Day 7: Memory in Agents
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Day 7: Memory in Agents


Summary

This article explains that AI agents, unlike humans, don’t inherently have memory and require it to be intentionally built into their systems. It highlights the importance of memory for agents to maintain coherent behavior over time – remembering user preferences, past actions, and relevant context. The article then details two types of memory: short-term (for current sessions) and long-term (across sessions), and emphasizes that effective memory management focuses on what to store and when to retrieve it, tailored to the specific use case.
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