When:
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - 09:00 to 09:50 CDT
Room:
Salon A-4 (LL)
Track:
SVG
core, cms, & strategic initiatives

Beyond Chatbots: Creating Smarter, Personalized Experiences in Drupal with AG-UI

Beyond Chatbots: Creating Smarter, Personalized Experiences in Drupal with AG-UI

We are witnessing a fundamental shift in how businesses utilize Artificial Intelligence. The era of simple, text-based chatbots is ending. In its place, a new generation of "AI Agents" is emerging, intelligent digital assistants capable of reasoning and collaborating with humans in real-time to customize content experiences.

For Drupal site owners, marketers, and content teams, this opens up a powerful opportunity. Imagine your website becoming a collaborative workspace, where AI collaborates with your visitors to personalize experiences in real time as they interact with your content.

This session will introduce a new approach to bringing these interactive AI assistants into Drupal using a component-based toolkit built on AG-UI. While the technology runs behind the scenes, the experience is designed to feel natural and intuitive, AI that is embedded into your end user content experience, rather than in a disconnected pop-up.

The session will include practical examples of how AI can:
- Create more responsive, trustworthy user experiences through real-time interactivity, where the interface updates instantly as the AI works, giving users clear feedback and confidence
- Protect your long-term investment in AI by using a standardized approach that avoids vendor lock-in and makes it easy to evolve or switch AI providers over time without disrupting your site experience
- how this custom toolkit bridges the gap between complex AI logic and the intuitive Drupal user experience