Microsoft revamps Copilot with code generation, agentic AI tools
Microsoft adds coding tools and always-on agents to Copilot as it shifts more AI features to usage-based billing, with more than 30 million paid seats reported.
- On Friday, Microsoft unveiled a redesigned Copilot app featuring Home, Code, and Autopilot tabs, integrating AI chat, coding tools, and autonomous agent management into a single unified interface.
- Previously, Microsoft's AI tools were fragmented across consumer and enterprise offerings, prompting the company to consolidate services into a so-called "super app" to compete with rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI.
- The new Code tab lets users build apps and automations in a secure, sandboxed environment, while Autopilot creates custom "digital teammates" with their own memory, identity, and Outlook accounts managed by IT.
- Microsoft is implementing usage-based billing for Cowork, Code, and Autopilot, moving beyond fixed per-seat subscriptions; CEO Satya Nadella framed this as "per-seat-plus-consumption" pricing evolution.
- Rollout begins in the coming weeks for Microsoft's Frontier program participants, with broader previews later this year; the company describes the platform as a "new OS for work.
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Microsoft integrates Word, Excel deeper into Copilot
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Microsoft has unveiled its revamped Copilot platform, which combines chat, coding, and agent-based features into a single package called Autopilot, and aims to appeal to a wider customer base with two billing models, Yahoo Finance reported. The company's CEO called the new development a critical question: will users trust the system enough to entrust it with various tasks?
The company commanded by Satya Nadella presented its largest artificial intelligence update to date, transforming Copilot into an “operational system for working” with autonomous agents and creating codeless software
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