India, March 27 -- Agents. AI agents. Days after I analysed the Agentic AI developments, Microsoft has made its biggest and most serious pitch yet (also indicative of the sheer pace of developments). Cybersecurity. As part of the Security Copilot a year ago, they intend to add six agents that'll roll out for preview next month. Stop phishing attempts in their tracks, monitor for signs of vulnerabilities in an infrastructure, prioritise response to potentially critical incidents, and alert users about data loss. Use of AI had added a layer of seriousness and criticality to cyberattacks. Let AI be the counter?

The change is happening. If you had argued all along that generative AI as we've seen it till now cannot do most functions in a wor...