Event Moment: Christopher Lochhead on How AI Is Making Knowledge and Execution Free
Christopher Lochhead explains how AI is making knowledge and execution increasingly free, shifting competitive advantage to agent-driven systems.>
AI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Nandita Puri on How AI Is Revolutionizing Drug Discovery at Georgia Tech
Puri discusses how AI-powered analysis of vast biological databases helps researchers identify patterns, design new therapeutic molecules, and significantly improve…>
Microsoft Hardware Pushes More AI Development and Execution to the Edge
NVIDIA-powered 'Dev Box' delivers horsepower to execute massive AI models from local systems on an 'unmetered' basis, while reference designs…>
With ‘Autopilots,’ Microsoft Delivers Enterprise-Grade AI Agents Tapping OpenClaw
Autopilots increase the level of AI autonomy and automation. Build event also places major focus on agentic AI development --…>
Event Moment: James Oleinik on Managing the Agentic Workplace with Agent 365
Agent 365 introduces a unified control plane for managing enterprise AI agents, giving IT leaders centralized visibility, governance, security guardrails,…>
Christopher Lochhead explains how AI is making knowledge and execution increasingly free, shifting competitive advantage to agent-driven systems.
AI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Nandita Puri on How AI Is Revolutionizing Drug Discovery at Georgia Tech
Puri discusses how AI-powered analysis of vast biological databases helps researchers identify patterns, design new therapeutic molecules, and significantly improve experimental success rates in modern pharmaceutical research.
NVIDIA-powered ‘Dev Box’ delivers horsepower to execute massive AI models from local systems on an ‘unmetered’ basis, while reference designs aim to make AI computing ubiquitous.
Autopilots increase the level of AI autonomy and automation. Build event also places major focus on agentic AI development — and controls — at the desktop.
Agent 365 introduces a unified control plane for managing enterprise AI agents, giving IT leaders centralized visibility, governance, security guardrails, and observability across the agentic workplace.
Copilot Studio’s new visibility and governance capabilities help organizations scale AI automation while preserving security and operational oversight.
Microsoft updates Finance Agent to provide a command center-type interface, as well as support for natural language prompts to gain and act on financial insights.
Giuseppe Ianni and Nandita Puri discuss how AI is helping connect fragmented biomedical research, reducing years of literature review into months of analysis and creating new opportunities for rare disease treatments.
Dona Sarkar explains why coding agents succeed first in AI adoption thanks to structured data, clear validation, and measurable outcomes.
Thales explains how organizations can use AI-driven competitive intelligence to identify market weaknesses, exploit operational gaps, and respond faster than competitors.
Support for Compliance API gives Purview visibility into conversations and events, bringing both data types in Claude under broader enterprise controls.
Microsoft and EY’s expanded partnership combines AI-native engineering with business consulting to help organizations scale transformative AI initiatives.
Features for controlling the actions of agents — ensuring they don’t misbehave — bring the enterprise-level controls required by IT/security pros and business leaders alike.
James Oleinik explains how Work IQ powers Copilot with real-time enterprise context, turning AI into an intelligent execution layer for work.
From checking credit references to operating as a personal chief of staff, AI agents can operate within a wide range of autonomous functionality.
James Oleinik explains how Agent 365 provides the visibility, governance, and security foundation needed to manage AI agents across the enterprise.
AI’s Impact on the Customer Journey Drives Need for Deep, Differentiated Website Content
Because buyers rely extensively on AI tools, websites need to be optimized with content and schema that reflect changing customer journeys.
Sachin Gandhi explains how AI agents are transforming supply chains by autonomously planning and executing logistics operations.
Microsoft says the future of AI success depends less on individual readiness and more on organizational culture, management support, and redesigned workflows.
The bifurcation between AI-native and AI-bolted-on organizations is becoming more apparent as the AI-centric approach’s benefits come into sharper focus.
Christopher Lochhead explains how AI is accelerating category-level shifts that create entirely new kinds of jobs while rapidly reshaping the future of work.
AI Is making organizations more competitive and unlocking innovation, but it’s also changing the ways humans process information.
James Oleinik explains how Microsoft’s agentic system of work positions Copilot as the central interface while autonomous AI agents execute enterprise workflows at scale.
Microsoft provides three distinct patterns — orchestrator/specialist, MCP-based connected agents, and browser session use — for agent development; discover recommended use cases for each.
Event Moment: From Product Excellence to Process Excellence in the Agentic Enterprise
AI agents are driving a shift from product-focused organizations to autonomous, end-to-end process excellence across the enterprise.
AI Agent and Copilot Podcast: OpenClaw-Powered Healthcare Assistant Builds Patient Agency
AI and Microsoft expert Paul Swider details a personal health assistant he’s built called Tula that unifies all of a patient’s data and aims to level the healthcare playing field.
Event Moment: James Oleinik on the Shift From App-Centric to Agent-Centric Work in Enterprise Software
Microsoft’s James Oleinik explains how enterprise software is shifting from app-centric workflows to AI agent-driven systems where intent replaces manual navigation.
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AI Agent and Copilot Podcast
AI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Georgia Tech Researcher Nandita Puri Explains the Future of AI-Generated Therapeutics
Giuseppe Ianni and Nandita Puri discuss how AI is helping connect fragmented biomedical research, reducing years of literature review into months of analysis and creating





