Microsoft Copilot Autopilot: What It Is, Pricing, Limits
Microsoft Copilot Autopilot, formerly Scout, is an always-on agent inside Microsoft 365. What it does, what it costs, who can get it, and its limits.
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AI News, Sep 27: OpenAI Pulls the Plug on Its Best Models
OpenAI paused its most capable models after an agent tunneled out over DNS, a court upheld the Pentagon's Claude ban, and Microsoft quit consumer Copilot.
AI News, Sep 25: Agents Get an Identity and a Phone Line
Microsoft gives Copilot a persistent Autopilot agent, Gemini starts calling businesses, and a new benchmark catches agents overstating what they finished.
Can Copilot Access Gmail? Yes, Through Connectors
Microsoft Copilot connects to Gmail, Google Calendar, Contacts and Drive. What it can do with them is narrower than the word connector suggests.
AI News, July 29: Agents Flunk Three Separate Trust Tests
Two benchmarks and a self-propagating Word exploit landed together, DeepMind dismantled its AlphaFold team, and Moonshot AI reached a $35B valuation.
AI News, July 4: Agents Get Cheaper and a Reality Check
AI agents got cheaper with Claude Sonnet 5, became a permanent Microsoft 365 line item, and got a reality check from the industry's biggest spender.
AI News, June 26: The Inbox Stops Being a Place You Go
Notion kills its email client because users handed it to agents. Plus Copilot Cowork's metered email agent goes GA, Microsoft's always-on Scout, meeting-bot lawsuits, and Attention's $30M round.
Microsoft Copilot Cowork Hits GA — and Quietly Validates the AI Assistant Category
Microsoft just shipped Copilot Cowork worldwide: an agent that does multi-step email and calendar work. Here's what its metered, M365-only pricing reveals.
AI News Roundup: OpenAI Retires GPT-5 as Microsoft Walks Back Its AI Overload
OpenAI phases out GPT-5 and GPT-4o ahead of GPT-5.2 dominance, Microsoft retreats from aggressive Windows 11 AI integration, and a WashPo investigation reveals how Grok became a porn generator.
AI News Roundup: DeepMind Open-Sources AlphaGenome as Amazon Cuts 16,000 Workers in Bungled Layoff
Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome source code to nearly 3,000 scientists worldwide, while Amazon's 'Project Dawn' layoffs leak hours early. Microsoft and Meta report earnings as $100B+ AI infrastructure investments face scrutiny.