Starting as an experimental side project at Anthropic, the Model Context Protocol (MCP) has become the de facto standard for orchestrating agentic interactions across datasets, computational resources and external artifacts. It may represent one of the most transformative protocols for the AI era and a great fit for Web3 architectures. Much like HTTP revolutionized web … Read more
Around a decade after virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa burst onto the scene, a new wave of AI helpers with greater autonomy is raising the stakes, powered by the latest version of the technology behind ChatGPT and its rivals. Experimental systems that run on GPT-4 or similar models are attracting billions of dollars of … Read more
Microsoft Build 2024 witnessed a large number of artificial intelligence (AI)-focused announcements from the company that spanned across Copilot, Azure cloud service, its data analytics platform Microsoft Fabric, and various other platforms. The keynote session of the event took place just a day after its Surface event which the unveiling of the Copilot+ PCs class … Read more
Microsoft 365 Copilot, the rebranded name for the enterprise-focused version of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot is getting new features. Announced on Monday, the tech giant is rolling out various improvements in Microsoft 365 apps as well as a new Copilot Page feature. The latter is a multiplayer AI feature which allows different users to … Read more
Microsoft is launching a set of artificial intelligence tools designed to send emails, manage records and take other actions on behalf of business workers, expanding an AI push that intensifies competition with rivals like Salesforce Inc. The Redmond, Washington-based software maker said Monday it would roll out 10 “autonomous agents” to complete tasks on behalf … Read more
Microsoft Ignite 2024, the company’s annual conference for developers and IT professionals, was held on Tuesday. At the event, the Redmond-based tech giant made several new announcements around Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, and its artificial intelligence (AI) platform Copilot. In the AI space, the company introduced new purpose-built AI agents that do not require programming … Read more
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, a new enterprise-focused subscription plan that includes support for artificial intelligence (AI) agents, was introduced on Wednesday. The Redmond-based tech giant has been aggressively pushing its Copilot subscription to businesses and individuals. The new subscription offers more flexible access to the company’s AI services, replacing fixed subscription fees with a pay-as-you-go … Read more
Microsoft researchers announced a new update to the company’s AutoGen orchestration framework on Tuesday. The update brings the framework up to v0.4 and solves several limitations in the previous iteration. The researchers stated that feedback from users suggested that developers wanted better observability and control over the AI agents created using the tool, as well … Read more
Microsoft has introduced Mu, a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that can run locally on a device. Last week, the Redmond-based tech giant released new Windows 11 features in beta, among which was the new AI agents feature in Settings. The feature allows users to describe what they want to do in the Settings menu, … Read more
Microsoft has introduced Mu, a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that can run locally on a device. Last week, the Redmond-based tech giant released new Windows 11 features in beta, among which was the new AI agents feature in Settings. The feature allows users to describe what they want to do in the Settings menu, … Read more