With Copilot Studio's new skill, your AI agent can use websites and apps just like you do

Microsoft Imagine an AI agent that can not only conduct research on the web but also interact with websites to accomplish specific tasks -- all on its own. That's the idea behind a new innovation from Microsoft. On Wednesday, the software giant announced an interactive new skill designed to empower the AI agents that people create using its Copilot Studio product. That skill is computer use. Any agent you build can work with a desktop application or website to carry out specific actions just as you might. Also: What are AI agents? How to access a team of personalized assistants Arriving through an early access research preview, the new skill will allow agents to interact with apps and sites by clicking buttons, selecting menus, and filling out fields and forms on a screen. The agents can accomplish interactive tasks even if no API is available to use the app or site. As Microsoft phrased it: "If a person can use the app, the agent can too." To carry out tasks on their own, the age ... Read full article.