has documented what it says is the first ransomware operation carried out from start to finish by an autonomous artificial ...

Explore the 2026 Agent Confidence Index from MIT Technology Review Insights and Microsoft. New global research shows and how ...

As companies rush to put AI agents to work, a quieter problem is becoming the real bottleneck: not building agents, but controlling them. On June 9, KPMG and Microsoft announced an expanded ...

Microsoft has patched an actively exploited Exchange Server vulnerability that allows threat actors to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks targeting Outlook Web ...

LONDON and REDMOND, Wash. — June 9, 2026 — KPMG and Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced an expansion of their global relationship to help clients deploy AI at scale. Under the agreement, KPMG will ...

Hello again, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. Like most tech-company keynotes, the one this week at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in San Francisco featured a few special guests.

In a nutshell: OpenClaw introduced a few innovative options for agentic AI solutions but was also plagued by some baffling security and reliability issues. Now, Microsoft Scout is allegedly ready to ...

Scout is the first of a new breed of ‘autopilot’ agents in Microsoft 365 that can carry out tasks independently. Microsoft has developed a new AI agent that can run autonomously around the clock to ...

Today, Microsoft Build brought the announcement of Project Solara, a new chip-to-cloud platform for AI agents. With the reveal, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared an interesting quote on the company’s ...

Microsoft has announced that it's building a platform for AI agents. It's called Project Solara, and at Build 2026 the company showed it powering two different reference devices, a smart display and a ...

PCWorld reports on Microsoft’s new AI agent Scout, designed specifically for workplace productivity and integrated into Teams and Outlook for enterprise users. Scout operates as an always-on ...

Microsoft unveiled Project Solara at Build 2026, a chip-to-cloud platform for “agent-first devices” that run AI agents instead of traditional apps. Two concept devices, a wearable badge and desk ...