Microsoft Clients Can Now Build Their Own AI Agents Starting This November

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Microsoft to allow users to build AI agents

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What are AI agents?

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Streamlining AI agent development using Microsoft’s Copilot Studio

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Copilot to act as an interface for building AI agents

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Demonstration by McKinsey & Co.

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AI agents: A critical component of AI development

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Mounting pressure from investors

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