Summary

  • Microsoft has announced details of two new AI agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot, which it claims are the first of their kind, called Researcher and Analyst.
  • Researched relies on OpenAI’s deep research AI model and provides access to third-party data connectors for Salesforce and ServiceNow.
  • Analyst is based on OpenAI’s o3-mini reasoning model and can turn raw data into spreadsheets, write Python code, and produce reports.
  • Both will be available from April in an early access programme alongside new autonomous agent capabilities in Copilot Studio, which Microsoft says are powerful enough to automate any task.
  • This follows Google and OpenAI’s recent AI news updates.

By Richard Lawler

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