Marc Benioff wasn’t buying the premise of my question. Recording an upcoming GeekWire Podcast episode with the Salesforce CEO (coming this weekend), I started by asking, essentially, whether the industry is moving too quickly beyond the concept of artificial intelligence as a work companion,

Microsoft Copilot Studio users will soon be able to create AI agents that can carry out complex actions, with the potential to automate many business processes. Ten pre-built agents are coming to Dynamics 365.

Microsoft AI tools for businesses that allow users to create “agents” to carry out specific work tasks are set to begin rolling out publicly next month, the company has said. AI agents are smaller, more focused versions of AI assistants which can be programmed to carry out a single task or have a specific area of focus,