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Can you get a Copilot agent to do your work for you? I tried, but the AI wasn't ready to play along.
Microsoft is spending an insane amount of money on its AI features, building data centers and licensing large language models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others, while it also tries to build its own in-house alternatives.
The goal, driven straight from the top of Redmond's org chart, is to turn the combination of Windows and Microsoft 365 into an "agentic OS," capable of doing the tasks that make corporate life miserable: writing memos, building presentations, organizing meetings, and automating routine tasks.