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Edge Agent

Reviewed 9 April 2026 Canonical definition

An edge agent runs AI inference on local or edge devices rather than in centralised cloud infrastructure. Edge deployment can improve latency and data privacy but adds complexity to governance, monitoring, and version management.

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