What’s the difference between NHI and AI agents—and why it matters

As AI capabilities evolve, the concepts of non-human identity (NHI) and AI agent are showing up increasingly in our daily work, especially in engineering, product, and system design contexts. You will see them in architecture diagrams, GitHub discussions, dev standups, or even baked into feature specs. An LLM-powered service might be labeled an “agent,” while […]