back to article Microsoft unleashes autonomous Copilot AI agents in public preview

Microsoft has fresh tools out designed to help businesses build software agents powered by foundation models – overenthusiastically referred to as artificial intelligence, or AI. "Our vision is to empower every employee with a personal assistant via Copilot that allows them to tackle work's biggest pain points like meeting …

  1. Inventor of the Marmite Laser Silver badge

    Personal assistant? Can it go get tea and biscuits, making sure to nab as many of the good biscuits as possible?

    1. mostly average
      Terminator

      Probably

      It can probably arrange to pay a meatbag to do so. Something something gig economy.

  2. ForthIsNotDead
    Stop

    Bolarks

    Is anyone else just getting worn out with all this AI, AI, AI, AI everywhere shite?

    1. EricB123 Silver badge

      Re: Bolarks

      Hell, I'm just getting started!!! Ugh.

    2. UnknownUnknown

      Re: Bolarks

      I hope the real-time interpreter is better than the Teams Transcription Service, as that is a complete pile of shite - despite Microsoft’s purchase of Nuance (Dragon Dictate) a couple of years back.

      It’s as useless as the generated subtitles on Netflix/Prime Video/Youtube for mangling and skipping words.

  3. navarac Silver badge

    Even more Marketing BS from SatNad and his idiot serfs.

  4. O'Reg Inalsin

    Straight from the Horse's Mouth

    "Agents built in Copilot Studio can operate independently, dynamically planning and learning from processes, adapting to changing conditions, and making decisions without the need for constant human intervention," explained Charles Lamanna's Copilot Autonomous Agent, corporate VP of business and industry for Copilot, in a blog post. "These autonomous agents can be triggered by data changes, events, and other background tasks – and not just through chat!"

  5. Jimmy2Cows Silver badge

    Voice cloning

    Better still, maybe, "meeting participants can also have the Interpreter simulate their personal voice for a more inclusive experience." So, voice cloning, then? Zoom is pursuing something similar.

    And of course this won't open up a whole new avenue of BEC-style attacks, where some hapless finance grunt in another country is convinced that wire transfer must absolutely happen right now because the CEO spoke to them in their native tongue.

  6. ICL1900-G3 Silver badge

    Microsoft

    Ever more reasons not to use the crap they churn out. Sadly, everyone will follow down this path.

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