"No instructions needed, it gets things done on its own"... China's DeepSeek unveils multitasking 'Super Agent'

Multiple AIs Divide Roles to Work as a Team
AI Analyzes Group Chats and Suggests Solutions

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has unveiled a new system, "Super Agent," that uses multiple AI agents to handle a range of tasks simultaneously.

DeepSeek logo. Yonhap News Agency

According to China's Global Times and Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao, among other outlets, on November 1 (local time), DeepSeek announced the new architecture for Super Agent the previous day, October 31. Unlike the conventional approach of exchanging questions and answers in a single chat window, the system is designed to carry out multiple tasks simultaneously and respond proactively to changing circumstances.

DeepSeek said that while the range of tasks AI can handle is growing rapidly, the attention of the people managing it remains limited. A person can manage only three to five conversations at a time, meaning AI's productivity cannot be fully harnessed, the company said.

To address this, Super Agent is designed to make multiple AIs work together like a team. It divides roles between a "coordinator (router)" that oversees the work and "executors (workers)" that carry out the actual tasks. The router gathers information coming in from various platforms, such as chats and email, and assigns tasks. The workers each handle assignments such as code review or feature development. Users communicate with a single AI, but in practice, multiple AIs work simultaneously.

Another feature is its ability to identify problems without receiving specific instructions. For example, the AI can monitor work-related conversations in a group chat and, when an issue is raised, recognize it on its own and suggest a solution. In this process, people can focus on setting overall goals and reviewing the results. The idea is to reduce the burden on people by having the AI system manage conversations, share information, coordinate work, and carry out tasks.

However, DeepSeek explained that Super Agent is not based on an entirely new technological theory. The company said it applies to AI agents the methods of task distribution and management used in existing computing systems.

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