It was all about AI agents at Microsoft's Build developer conference, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joining to talk about the future of AI coding.

Microsoft integrates the Model Context Protocol into Windows 11, paving the way for secure, AI-driven agents to interact with apps and system tools.

GitHub has launched a powerful AI coding agent in Copilot that writes code, fixes bugs, and opens pull requests.

Microsoft is testing a new product that coordinates AI agents for multi-disciplinary care teams.  | Microsoft is testing out a new product that coordinates healthcare AI agents to support multi-disciplinary teams.

Microsoft on Monday said it would offer new AI models made by Elon Musk's xAI and European startups Mistral and Black Forest Labs hosted in its own data centers, and unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool designed to complete software coding tasks on its own.

This means that AI agents can now inherently benefit from Microsoft Purview’s robust data security and compliance capabilities,” Jakkal explained. “Developers can leverag

The ‘open agentic web’ represents a significant evolution of the internet, moving from a system primarily designed for human consumption of information to one in which AI agents can autonomously understand,

Jay Parikh, Microsoft executive vice president and head of the company’s CoreAI engineering division, speaks at Build 2025 in Seattle, with the Anthropic

The centerpiece of Microsoft’s announcements is the general availability of the Azure AI Foundry Agent Service announced last fall. The platform allows developers to build, manage and scale up AI agents that automate business processes. It supports multi-agent workflows, enabling specialized agents to coordinate on high-level tasks.

Microsoft said it will add an artificial intelligence coding agent from Google-backed startup Anthropic to its GitHub service.

Microsoft introduces Windows AI Foundry to help developers build and run AI models directly on PCs, part of a broader push to bring AI to the device.