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Microsoft is aggressively promoting agentic AI as a key driver for business transformation, emphasizing its potential to unlock greater value for customers. Agentic AI, with its autonomous capabilities, combined with copilots and human ambition, is believed to offer real AI differentiation. Microsoft's vision involves embedding AI directly into business processes, enabling organizations to achieve more by leveraging the power of intelligent agents acting on their behalf. Judson Althoff, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Microsoft, highlighted the rapid growth of agentic AI and its crucial role in accelerating AI transformation for businesses. The recent introduction of Microsoft 365 Copilot further underscores this commitment to making AI accessible and beneficial to all.
Recent updates include the release of a comprehensive guide to failure modes in agentic AI systems by Microsoft's AI Red Team (AIRT). This guide aims to help practitioners design and maintain resilient agentic systems by addressing potential security and safety challenges. The guide categorizes failure modes across two dimensions: security and safety, each comprising both novel and existing types. Novel security failures include agent compromise, agent injection, and agent flow manipulation, while novel safety failures cover intra-agent Responsible AI concerns and biases in resource allocation. By providing a structured analysis of these failure modes, Microsoft seeks to foster the responsible development and deployment of agentic AI technologies.
In addition to agentic AI, Microsoft is also urging the U.S. and its allies to double down on quantum computing investments to maintain technological leadership amid growing global competition. Microsoft President Brad Smith warned that the U.S. risks falling behind China in the quantum race unless it strengthens investment, workforce development, and supply chain security. Smith advocates for expanding federal research funding, boosting quantum talent development, and shoring up domestic quantum manufacturing. He emphasized that quantum computing is transitioning from theory to practice, with transformative potential for science, medicine, energy, and national security.
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Recent updates include the release of a comprehensive guide to failure modes in agentic AI systems by Microsoft's AI Red Team (AIRT). This guide aims to help practitioners design and maintain resilient agentic systems by addressing potential security and safety challenges. The guide categorizes failure modes across two dimensions: security and safety, each comprising both novel and existing types. Novel security failures include agent compromise, agent injection, and agent flow manipulation, while novel safety failures cover intra-agent Responsible AI concerns and biases in resource allocation. By providing a structured analysis of these failure modes, Microsoft seeks to foster the responsible development and deployment of agentic AI technologies.
In addition to agentic AI, Microsoft is also urging the U.S. and its allies to double down on quantum computing investments to maintain technological leadership amid growing global competition. Microsoft President Brad Smith warned that the U.S. risks falling behind China in the quantum race unless it strengthens investment, workforce development, and supply chain security. Smith advocates for expanding federal research funding, boosting quantum talent development, and shoring up domestic quantum manufacturing. He emphasized that quantum computing is transitioning from theory to practice, with transformative potential for science, medicine, energy, and national security.
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- blogs.microsoft.com: How agentic AI is driving AI-first business transformation for customers to achieve more
- thequantuminsider.com: Microsoft Leadership Urges U.S., Allies to Double Down on Quantum
- www.marktechpost.com: Microsoft Releases a Comprehensive Guide to Failure Modes in Agentic AI Systems
- Source Asia: How agentic AI is driving AI-first business transformation for customers to achieve more
- www.microsoft.com: Accelerate AI innovation and business transformation: Scaling AI transformation with strategic cloud partnership
- techstrong.ai: Immersed Intelligence, Appian Embeds Agentic AI Into Business Processes
Classification:
- HashTags: #AgenticAI #BusinessTransformation #Innovation
- Company: Microsoft
- Target: Businesses
- Product: MCP
- Feature: Agentic AI
- Type: AI
- Severity: Informative