… The executive indicated that AI agents are evolving beyond just mere AI assistants. "There's a real platform shift," Nadella indicated. "We're moving from building operating systems and devices for apps to agents." The transition from human employees to AI agents isn't an easy feat. …
… The whole pitch was an AI agent that lived inside your conversations, understood natural language, handled tasks, and fetched information for you — basically the same thing Google just announced today with its new AI information agents. …
… At Build 2026, Microsoft will discuss Windows agents AI assistants that can perform actions on your behalf . Microsoft will also demonstrate how agents can be used to build modern Windows applications and how AI can help port Windows apps to run natively on ARM. …
… The update, marked KB5083631 , is now available and includes the new Xbox mode that was announced as generally available earlier today , along with reliability improvements to explorer.exe, a new haptic feedback engine, an updated drop tray share menu, support for AI agents on the Taskbar, and more. …
… Why you should care about agents AI agents automate the boring part of using a PC. When they have enough data and context, agents can act like personal assistants built specifically for you, not just generic AI tools. …
… Intelligent Terminal settings When you open the settings for this Windows Terminal with AI integration, you'll be able to customize the terminal as well as agent settings. First, you have control over the AI agents, depending on the agents previously installed on your computer. …
… The newly announced Web IQ grounds agents to the latest information available. Microsoft also announced an always-on personal work agent called "Scout," an entire family of AI models, and all the remaining pieces to create a full pipeline from building agents to users relying on those agents. …
… It's available now and is described simply by Microsoft as "an open-source experimental fork of Windows Terminal with native agent integration." Yay for AI agents, I guess. …
… According to the company, AI agents are evolving beyond just mere AI assistants. …
… "No one wants this." Consequently, Microsoft issued a detailed explanation highlighting Windows native AI future. Microsoft indicated that Windows will ship with a new agentic workspace feature right out of the box that will contain AI agents in their own secure session. …