Microsoft Debuting AI-Powered Employees for Companies
"Every organization will have a constellation of agents."
Microsoft is releasing a suite of autonomous AI models — or "agents" — that can serve as virtual employees for its customers.
Not only that, the company is also giving users the ability to create autonomous agents of their own using its Copilot Studio. These can be tailored as needed, capable of working on your behalf, Microsoft claims, or assisting in your workflow.
The products, which were first announced in May, represent Microsoft planting a flag in the world of AI agents, which are supposed to be more self-sufficient than conventional models and are designed to work, hypothetically, without human intervention.
"Think of agents as the new apps for an AI-powered world," Microsoft wrote in a blog post. "Every organization will have a constellation of agents — ranging from simple prompt-and-response to fully autonomous."
Microsoft views AI agents as a way of supercharging you — or your company's — productivity.
The ten ready-made versions it will be releasing via Dynamics 365, Microsoft's suite of business app, can purportedly perform roles such as identifying sales opportunities for a human sales lead or helping customer service teams.
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