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The latest Ai Agents coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Unveils Windows AI Runtime with Offline Models at Build 2026
Microsoft chose the first day of its Build 2026 conference on June 2 in San Francisco to flip the script on PC artificial intelligence. Rather than another cloud-dependent Copilot upgrade, the...
Project Solara Unveiled at Build 2026: Microsoft’s Agent-First Device Platform for Copilot Era
Microsoft dropped a bombshell at its Build 2026 developer conference, held June 2 in San Francisco: Project Solara, an early-stage “agent-first” device platform built from the ground up around...
What Microsoft's Scout AI Agent Means for Your Workflow—And Why You Can't Try It Yet
At its Build 2026 conference on June 2, Microsoft unveiled Scout, an always-on autonomous personal AI agent that doesn’t wait for you to ask questions. It runs in the background, watches how you...
Microsoft's 'Scout' Assistant Wants to Run Your Work Life, But Its Internal 'Addiction' Plan Raises Alarms
On June 2, 2026, at its Build conference in San Francisco, Microsoft announced Scout, an always-on AI agent that operates inside Microsoft 365, promising to act as a personal chief of staff across...
Microsoft Build 2026: Windows 11 Unlocks Local AI Development with One-Command Setup and Agent Controls
Microsoft is betting that developers want to run AI on their own machines—and it’s giving them the tools to do it. At its Build 2026 conference in San Francisco on June 2, the company announced a...
How Microsoft Plans to Stop AI Agents from Running Wild on Your PC
On June 2, 2026, at its annual Build developer conference, Microsoft announced an early preview of Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC), a software development kit designed to confine what autonomous...
Microsoft's Agentic Enterprise Platform Unifies AI Agent Governance Across M365, Azure, and Security
Microsoft is quietly piecing together a comprehensive “agentic enterprise” platform that promises to weave AI agents into the very fabric of corporate computing—and then govern them with an...
Microsoft IQ Goes GA at Build 2026, Ties Enterprise Context to GitHub Copilot and Foundry
Microsoft made its long-anticipated enterprise AI fabric generally available on June 2, 2026, as Build kicked off in San Francisco. Microsoft IQ — a contextual intelligence layer that stitches...
Always On, Always Governed: Inside Microsoft Scout's Agent Identity Model
Microsoft took the wraps off Scout on June 2, 2026 at its Build conference, an always-on AI agent for Microsoft 365 that operates with its own governed Entra identity—a major step beyond simple...
Microsoft Build 2026: Windows, GitHub, Fabric, and Azure Unite as a Single Operating Platform for AI Agents
Microsoft’s Build 2026 conference opened on June 2 with a sweeping vision: the company’s entire product stack—from Windows and GitHub to Microsoft Fabric and Azure—is now a unified operating...
Microsoft Scout: Always-On AI Agent for Teams, Email, and M365 Unveiled at Build 2026
Microsoft took the wraps off Scout at its Build developer conference on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. The new offering marks the company’s most aggressive push yet into always-on workplace AI, placing an...
Microsoft Unveils Project Solara: Android-Powered AI Agent Devices for the Enterprise
Microsoft announced Project Solara at its Build developer conference on Tuesday, a new initiative that fuses Android hardware with its AI and device management platforms to create dedicated...