Why Intelligence Is Not the Main Bottleneck for AI Agents in 2026
The main bottleneck for AI agents in 2026 is no longer raw intelligence — it is context management, memory, and task coherence. As models have gotten smarter, the binding constraint has shifted to the finite context window and how well agents curate, retain, and apply information across long, multi-step tasks. This article explains why “just use a smarter model” is the wrong fix, and what teams should actually optimize instead. ...