Ai Agents
The latest Ai Agents coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
ChatGPT Work Lands on Windows: Your AI Assistant Now Takes Action
OpenAI released a new enterprise-focused desktop application on June 9, bringing an AI agent that can take actions on your behalf—not just generate text—to Windows PCs. Called ChatGPT Work, the...
Free AI Courses in July 2026: What Windows Users Need to Know About Agent Safety and Prompting
A fresh batch of free AI courses landed in July 2026, with a sharp focus on practical skills that everyday Windows users and IT professionals need as artificial intelligence becomes embedded in the...
Zendesk's AI Assistant Lands in Microsoft 365—Here's How It Changes Employee Support
Zendesk is bringing its AI-powered employee-service tools directly into Microsoft 365. On June 2, 2026, the company released Zendesk Support Assistant for Microsoft 365 on Microsoft AppSource,...
Microsoft Scraps Scheduled Prompts for Copilot Agents, Leaving Power Users in the Lurch
Microsoft has removed a feature from its Microsoft 365 Roadmap that would have let users schedule recurring prompts for declarative Copilot agents. The change, recorded on July 6, 2026, cancels...
Microsoft Copilot's Big Reset: One App to Rule Them All and a Line-Item Bill for AI Agents
Microsoft is preparing to merge its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps into a single unified experience, with a target completion of August 2026. The overhaul, outlined in an internal roadmap...
One AI Agent Query Can Use 136× More Power Than a Standard Chatbot, KAIST Finds
AI agents that browse the web, write code, and chain together multi-step plans can consume up to 136.5 times more energy per question than a regular chatbot-style generative AI model. That’s the...
OpenAI Plans a Single Desktop Hub for ChatGPT and AI Agents, Launching by 2026
OpenAI is building a unified desktop application, codenamed Codex, that will merge ChatGPT, AI agents, and developer tooling into one workspace, with a target release in 2026. The move signals a...
Microsoft, WorkOS, Auth0 Top New 2026 Roundup of Agent Identity Platforms—Here’s Why It Matters
On July 3, 2026, Analytics Insight published a roundup naming six platforms it considers frontrunners in the rapidly evolving field of agent identity and authentication: WorkOS, Auth0, Composio,...
BreakingAC’s 2026 Guide Ranks the AI Agents That Actually Finish the Job—Here’s Who Came Out on Top
CogniAgent, a relative newcomer to the enterprise AI space, has clinched the top spot in BreakingAC’s 2026 Conversational AI Buyer’s Guide, an influential ranking published July 3 that evaluates...
Anthropic to Embed Claude AI Agent in Microsoft Teams, Posing Direct Challenge to Copilot
Anthropic is moving forward with plans to build a Claude AI agent directly into Microsoft Teams, according to a report from The Information, a move that would place one of the most advanced AI...
Bhavin Turakhia’s Neo Takes Aim at Microsoft Office with $30M AI-Native Agent Suite
A new challenger has entered the enterprise productivity arena, and it comes with a $30 million personal bet from one of India’s most prominent tech entrepreneurs. Bhavin Turakhia, the billionaire...
Microsoft Teams Finally Tells Users When Their Blocked App Request Is Actually Being Reviewed
Microsoft will begin rolling out a long-overdue update to Microsoft Teams in July 2026 that replaces the silent block screen with a guided request-and-review workflow for admin-blocked apps and AI...