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Microsoft Opens Teams to Smarter AI Agents With A2A Protocol and New Developer Tools
Microsoft is opening the door to more intelligent, autonomous AI agents in Teams. At its 2025 Build conference, the company announced a new developer toolkit that will make it easier to build and deploy agents directly within meetings on the platform, for both private and group use. The update includes support for Google’s Agent2Agent (A2A) […]
Microsoft Introduces Entra Agent ID to Bring Zero Trust to AI Agents
Microsoft says we’re entering an era where humans work alongside AI agents. It’s the rise of what it calls Frontier Firms—businesses that summon bots on demand to support knowledge workers in what Microsoft’s Chief Marketing Officer for AI at Work, Jared Spataro, describes as the “elastic workforce.” However, keeping track of the agents may prove […]
Microsoft Edge Lets Developers Add AI to Web Apps Without the Cloud
Microsoft is upgrading its Edge browser with new AI capabilities. At this year’s Build conference, the company unveiled a set of AI APIs allowing developers to seamlessly integrate AI features into their web apps, powered by models built directly into the browser. This experimental API set includes methods for prompting and generating content. These are […]
AI Agents Are Coming to Windows—Here’s How Microsoft Is Making It Happen
Human-agent collaboration is moving beyond the cloud. It’s coming to the edge. At its 2025 Build conference, Microsoft unveiled the Windows AI Foundry, a development platform that will bring model building, fine-tuning, and local deployment capabilities to Windows 11. The company also announced native support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a framework that allows […]
Microsoft Unveils a No-Code Digital Twin Tool in Fabric
Microsoft wants to make building digital twins as easy as dragging and dropping, and it has a new tool to do it. At its 2025 Build conference, the company previewed its digital twin builder that will be available in Fabric, its data and analytics platform. A digital twin is perhaps a virtual replica of a […]
Salesforce Acquires AI Automation Startup Convergence to Bolster Its Agentforce Platform
Salesforce has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Convergence.ai, a startup building AI automation software. The deal terms were not disclosed, but Salesforce stated that the Convergence “team and technology” would help enhance its Agentforce platform. “The next wave of customer interaction and employee productivity will be driven by highly […]
You.com Launches ARI Enterprise, an AI Research Agent for Financial Analysts and Consultants
In February, the enterprise AI platform You.com introduced its Advanced Research and Insights (ARI) agent, designed to perform deep research and act as a personal AI consultant. Now, just three months later, the company is rolling out ARI Enterprise, a new version designed specifically for consultants, financial analysts, and researchers. And according to You.com, it […]
New Open-Source Tool Checks How Well AI Models Code for Accessibility
Is the AI model powering your favorite vibecoding app actually usable by everyone, or just a privileged few? A new open-source offering from the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) Foundation and ServiceNow aims to help developers assess how effectively coding-focused large language models (LLMs) generate accessible code. Called the AI Model Accessibility Checker (AIMAC), it […]
Search Impressions Soar with Google’s AI Overview, Even as Website Clicks Decline
It’s been a year since Google introduced AI Overview to its widely used search engine. The feature significantly transformed how people discovered information online, displaying information summaries above traditional search results. At the time, Google’s Vice President of Search, Liz Reid, proclaimed that AI Overview links would deliver more clicks and “valuable traffic to publishers […]
Betaworks Bets AI’s Real Value Will Be Won at the Interface
Betaworks thinks the next big opportunity for AI lies in applications, thanks to the groundwork laid by the flood of investment in AI models and infrastructure. To capitalize on this thesis, the venture firm has hosted AI “camps”—theme-based accelerator cohorts supporting early-stage startups—to look for the next AI app unicorn. On Tuesday, it announced the […]