Microsoft Launches AI That Works Like an Executive Assistant (1)

Microsoft Corp. launched new artificial intelligence software designed to function like an always-active executive assistant, the latest evolution of its workplace AI efforts.

While AI bots like ChatGPT or Microsoft’s Copilot are only visible to the user, the new tool, dubbed Scout, will appear on internal email and calendar systems as if it were just another helpful employee, the software maker said on Tuesday.

This means Scout will able to handle a wider range of tasks autonomously, Charles Lamanna, who leads product development for much of Microsoft’s business applications and workplace AI teams, said in an interview.

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