Microsoft debuts "Scout" at Build, a new personal agent for work
The agent is available only to Frontier customers and is built on OpenClaw and WorkIQ, Microsoft said.
- On Tuesday at Microsoft Build in San Francisco, Microsoft debuted Microsoft Scout, an always-on AI agent designed to proactively handle tasks like scheduling and meeting preparation within Teams and Outlook.
- The company built the agent on WorkIQ, the intelligence layer for Microsoft 365 Copilot, and OpenClaw, an open-source tool that gained popularity last year before OpenAI acquired the project in February.
- Addressing security concerns, the system includes a "policy conformance system" and runs in sandboxed environments, with more than 3,000 Microsoft employees already using the desktop application.
- Microsoft is rolling out the preview today exclusively to Frontier customers with an active GitHub Copilot subscription, allowing them to assign virtual assistants for expense reporting and email drafts.
- At Build, Microsoft stressed the importance of "ubiquitous intelligence" as it enters the agentic era, with plans to share more information on a broader rollout soon.
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