No longer just a Copilot, Microsoft's AI wants to take the wheel

Move over, Copilot: Microsoft is introducing a new category of agentic AI called "Autopilot," starting with Scout, its first agent. And it doesn't take much guessing to understand how Microsoft expects these things to operate: By constantly watching your every move and taking action in the background to ostensibly streamline your workday. Microsoft announced Autopilot, and the first Autopilot agent, Scout, at Microsoft Build on Tuesday, describing it and other future Autopilots as “always-