Desktop Automation
The latest Desktop Automation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Codex Computer Use Update Transforms Windows 11 App into Desktop Automation Agent
OpenAI shipped the most consequential Codex update since its launch, arming the desktop app for Windows 11 with Computer Use capabilities that let the AI agent see your screen, click buttons, type...
Windows 11 Pro users get free desktop automation with pre-installed Power Automate tools
Microsoft quietly bundled a powerful automation engine into Windows 11 that most users overlook. Power Automate for desktop—previously a separate download requiring an enterprise license—now...
Genspark Workspace 4.0 Challenges Microsoft Copilot with Desktop AI Agent Battle
Genspark's Workspace 4.0 represents a fundamental challenge to Microsoft's established productivity ecosystem, introducing a desktop AI agent called Claw that operates directly on users' local...
Claude Cowork Launches on Windows: Enterprise AI Agent Revolutionizes Desktop Workflows
Anthropic's Claude Cowork has officially arrived on Windows, marking what industry analysts are calling a watershed moment in the race to deploy agentic AI directly onto enterprise desktops. This...
Anthropic Cowork: Claude's Desktop Agent Revolution for Windows Automation & Security
The landscape of AI productivity is undergoing a fundamental shift with Anthropic's introduction of Cowork, a feature that transforms Claude from a conversational chatbot into an active desktop agent...
Anthropic's Cowork: Claude Transforms into Desktop AI CoWorker for Windows Users
Anthropic's strategic pivot with Cowork represents a fundamental shift in how artificial intelligence integrates with desktop computing, transforming Claude from a developer-focused coding assistant...
Windows 11 Copilot Expands: AI Assistant Now Integrated into Start Menu and System-Wide
Microsoft has initiated a significant, phased rollout of its AI assistant Copilot across Windows 11, transforming it from a sidebar tool into a deeply integrated, multimodal platform embedded within...
Fara-7B: Microsoft's On-Device AI Agent for Windows Desktop Automation
Microsoft Research has quietly unveiled Fara-7B, a groundbreaking on-device agentic AI model that can see your screen, predict mouse and keyboard actions, and execute multi-step web tasks locally...
Fara-7B: Microsoft's On-Device AI Agent for Desktop Automation Explained
Microsoft's research teams have quietly unveiled Fara-7B, an experimental Computer Use Agent (CUA) that represents a significant step toward practical, on-device AI automation for Windows desktops....
Microsoft Store Awards 2025 Winners: AI, Automation & Creative Tools Shaping Windows
The Microsoft Store Awards 2025 winners list reads like a snapshot of the Windows ecosystem today: heavyweight AI assistants, studio-grade creative tools, and next-generation automation platforms all...
Microsoft Fara-7B: On-Device AI That Sees and Controls Your Desktop
Microsoft Research has quietly unveiled Fara-7B, a groundbreaking 7-billion-parameter agentic small language model designed to revolutionize how users interact with their Windows PCs. This multimodal...
Agent Workspace in Windows 11 Insider Preview runs AI agents locally in secure, isolated environments
Microsoft is fundamentally reimagining how artificial intelligence integrates with desktop computing through a groundbreaking new feature called Agent Workspace in Windows 11 Insider Preview builds....