{"slug": "no-longer-just-a-copilot-microsoft-s-ai-wants-to-take-the-wheel", "title": "No longer just a Copilot, Microsoft's AI wants to take the wheel", "summary": "Microsoft is expanding its AI assistant beyond the Copilot role, introducing an always-on agent designed to autonomously manage work tasks. The new system requires users to grant it extensive access and control over their digital environments to function as promised.", "body_md": "**SPONSORED LINKS**\n\n### MOST POPULAR\n\n## EVENTS\n\n-\n### Overcoming the trade-offs in data sovereignty\n\nWhat does data sovereignty actually mean for your network, which trade-offs are unavoidable? 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Druva’s hit event, Escape Ransomware, is now fully virtual.\n\n-\n### Agentic AI at Scale: From Pilot to Production\n\nJoin us to learn how to unlock real ROI by driving adoption of AI at scale.\n\n[AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai)\n\n-\nAI AND ML\n\n#### No longer just a Copilot, Microsoft's AI wants to take the wheel\n\nAlways-on agent promises to keep work moving, provided you trust it with practically everything\n\n-\nsystems\n\n#### Intel bit off more than it could chew with 18A process node\n\nCFO Zinsner insists the troubled node was a one-off as 14A stays on track\n\n-\nnetworks\n\n#### Don’t repeat 5G mistakes with 6G, plead mobile operators\n\nNGMN wants a clear migration path before next-gen network rollouts begin\n\n-\nNetworks\n\n#### The tech that could make Marvell the next trillion dollar company\n\nCU later, rivals? That's if Broadzilla doesn't eat its lunch first\n\n-\nAI and ml\n\n#### AI agents can now manipulate your organization. Are you ready?\n\nSPONSORED POST: Agents with hands require a hands-on policy\n\n[Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security)\n\n-\nAI AND ML\n\n#### No longer just a Copilot, Microsoft's AI wants to take the wheel\n\nAlways-on agent promises to keep work moving, provided you trust it with practically everything\n\n-\nsystems\n\n#### Intel bit off more than it could chew with 18A process node\n\nCFO Zinsner insists the troubled node was a one-off as 14A stays on track\n\n-\nnetworks\n\n#### Don’t repeat 5G mistakes with 6G, plead mobile operators\n\nNGMN wants a clear migration path before next-gen network rollouts begin\n\n-\nNetworks\n\n#### The tech that could make Marvell the next trillion dollar company\n\nCU later, rivals? That's if Broadzilla doesn't eat its lunch first\n\n-\nAI and ml\n\n#### AI agents can now manipulate your organization. Are you ready?\n\nSPONSORED POST: Agents with hands require a hands-on policy\n\n[FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n-\n#### No longer just a Copilot, Microsoft's AI wants to take the wheel\n\nAlways-on agent promises to keep work moving, provided you trust it with practically everything\n\n-\n#### Intel bit off more than it could chew with 18A process node\n\nCFO Zinsner insists the troubled node was a one-off as 14A stays on track\n\n-\n#### Don’t repeat 5G mistakes with 6G, plead mobile operators\n\nNGMN wants a clear migration path before next-gen network rollouts begin\n\n-\n#### The tech that could make Marvell the next trillion dollar company\n\nCU later, rivals? That's if Broadzilla doesn't eat its lunch first\n\n-\n#### AI agents can now manipulate your organization. Are you ready?\n\nSPONSORED POST: Agents with hands require a hands-on policy\n\n-\n#### Another bug hunter leaks Microsoft exploits in defiance of company’s handling of vulnerability disclosures\n\nResearchers follow in Nightmare Eclipse’s footsteps, flipping off Redmond in favor of insta-leaks", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/no-longer-just-a-copilot-microsoft-s-ai-wants-to-take-the-wheel", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/03/no-longer-just-a-copilot-microsofts-ai-wants-to-take-the-wheel/5250718", "published_at": "2026-06-03 16:49:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-03 17:41:22.100660+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Copilot", "Microsoft 365"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/no-longer-just-a-copilot-microsoft-s-ai-wants-to-take-the-wheel", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/no-longer-just-a-copilot-microsoft-s-ai-wants-to-take-the-wheel.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/no-longer-just-a-copilot-microsoft-s-ai-wants-to-take-the-wheel.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/no-longer-just-a-copilot-microsoft-s-ai-wants-to-take-the-wheel.jsonld"}}