Magma Is Microsoft's Foundation Multimodal Model for Agentic AI

Magma Is Microsoft's Foundation Multimodal Model for Agentic AI

There’s been a lot of excitement around agentic AI as of late, and with Microsoft’s recently released Magma, the company believes its new foundation AI model will empower AI agents to execute multimodal tasks efficiently in both digital and real-world contexts, whether via software or physical robots. Arising from a collaboration between researchers at Microsoft, KAIST, the University of Maryland, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Uni…

CDW Executive SummIT: How IT Leaders Can Plan for an Agentic World

It will soon be an “agentic world,” one where “a rich tapestry of artificial intelligence agents, including personal agents, business process agents and cross-organizational agents, work together to enhance productivity and collaboration,” notes Rajamma Krishnamurthy, a senior director of enterprise AI at Microsoft, in a company blog post. “AI agents are already transforming how work gets done, and IT leaders must ensure their organizations are …