Microsoft is introducing a “deep research” AI-powered tool in Microsoft 365 Copilot, its AI chatbot app. There’s been a raft of deep research agents launched recently across chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok. Powering them are so-called reasoning AI models, which posses the ability to think through problems and fact-check themselves —…
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Dapr’s microservices runtime now supports AI agents
Back in 2019, Microsoft open-sourced Dapr, a new runtime for making building distributed microservice-based applications easier. At the time, nobody was talking about AI agents yet, but as it turns out, Dapr had some of the fundamental building blocks for supporting AI agents built-in from the outset. That’s because one of Dapr’s core features is…
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OpenAI launches new tools to help businesses build AI agents
On Tuesday, OpenAI released new tools designed to help developers and enterprises build AI agents – automated systems that can independently accomplish tasks – using the company’s own AI models and frameworks. The tools are part of OpenAI’s new Responses API, which lets businesses develop custom AI agents that can perform web searches, scan through…
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The Evolution of Single Sign-On for Autonomous AI Agents: Securing Non-Human Identities in the Age of Agentic Automation
Explore the evolution of Single Sign-On for autonomous AI agents, focusing on securing non-human identities and the future of agentic automation security. The post The Evolution of Single Sign-On for Autonomous AI Agents: Securing Non-Human Identities in the Age of Agentic Automation appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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OpenAI reportedly plans to charge up to $20,000 a month for specialized AI ‘agents’
OpenAI may be planning to charge up to $20,000 per month for specialized AI “agents,” according to The Information. The publication reports that OpenAI intends to launch several “agent” products tailored for different applications, including sorting and ranking sales leads and software engineering. One, a “high-income knowledge worker” agent, will reportedly be priced at $2,000…
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LlamaIndex launches a cloud service for building unstructed data agents
Agents are the next big thing in AI. Some define these “agents” differently from others, but the general idea is, they’re AI-powered tools that can perform tasks autonomously. The agent hype has reached a fever pitch, but one startup was relatively early to the game: LlamaIndex. Founded by former Uber research scientists, Jerry Liu and…
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With Alexa+, Amazon makes an intriguing play in the consumer agent space
Amazon shared an impressive vision of an “agentic” future on Wednesday — one in which the company’s improved Alexa, Alexa+, handles countless mundane tasks, from booking restaurants to finding appliance repairmen. If Amazon can deliver, it could be the first out to the gate with a comprehensive, consumer-focused agent tool. The company hopes to marry…
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The Evolution of Single Sign-On for Autonomous AI Agents: Securing Non-Human Identities in the Age of Agentic Automation
As AI agents dominate workflows, traditional SSO struggles with machine-speed authentication. Discover next-gen frameworks using JWT tokens, quantum-resistant cryptography, and behavioral biometrics to secure non-human identities while balancing security and automation. The post The Evolution of Single Sign-On for Autonomous AI Agents: Securing Non-Human Identities in the Age of Agentic Automation appeared first on Security…
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Alibaba’s Qwen team releases AI models that can control PCs and phones
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek might be getting the bulk of the tech industry’s attention this week. But one of its top domestic rivals, Alibaba, isn’t sitting idly by. Alibaba’s Qwen team on Monday released a new family of AI models, Qwen2.5-VL, that can perform a number of text and image analysis tasks. The models can…
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OpenAI’s agent tool may be nearing release
OpenAI may be close to releasing an AI tool that can take control of your PC and perform actions on your behalf. Tibor Blaho, a software engineer with a reputation for accurately leaking upcoming AI products, claims to have uncovered evidence of OpenAI’s long-rumored Operator tool. Publications including Bloomberg have previously reported on Operator, which…
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Microsoft’s newest Copilot plan for business is pay-as-you-go
Microsoft is launching a pay-as-you-go plan for corporate customers that bundles together several, but not all, of the company’s existing AI-powered productivity features for Microsoft 365. The new plan, Copilot Chat — not to be confused with Microsoft’s Copilot Business Chat or GitHub Copilot Chat — is underpinned by OpenAI’s GPT-4o AI model and lets…