A method for processing information by an intelligent agent and the intelligent agent, where the method comprises: a first intelligent agent sends a request message to a second intelligent agent, where the request message includes an invitation message or a recommendation message; the first intelligent agent receives a decision message fed back by the second intelligent agent, where the decision message is determined according to the invitation message or the recommendation message and a knowledge model of the second intelligent agent; and the first intelligent agent updates, according to the decision message, a knowledge model of the first intelligent agent or sends a notification message to a first user account corresponding to the first intelligent agent. By using these technical solutions, information on a social network may be learned and processed by means of interaction with another intelligent agent, thereby implementing mining of data on the social network.