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Microsoft just launched powerful AI ‘agents’ that could completely transform your workday — and challenge Google’s workplace dominance


Microsoft unveils new AI reasoning agents and Copilot features to transform workplace productivity, with Chief Product Officer Aparna Chennapragada sharing exclusive insights on the company's vision for human-agent collaboration.

In an exclusive interview, Aparna Chennapragada, Chief Product Officer of Experiences and Devices at Microsoft, told VentureBeat the company is building toward a vision where AI serves as more than just a tool — becoming an integral collaborator in daily work. Workers face an interruption every two minutes and a dramatic surge in last-minute work, Microsoft data reveals, creating what the company calls a ‘capacity gap’. For small and medium businesses, the democratization of intelligence may level the playing field, allowing smaller teams to operate with capabilities once reserved for much larger organizations.

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