From Coding to Finance: Microsoft’s AI Agent Push

Microsoft says AI agents are already fundamentally changing how its software engineers work — and sales, finance and other knowledge workers are next. Charles Lamanna, Microsoft EVP of Copilot, Agents and Platform, joins Bloomberg to explain how employees are shifting from doing tasks themselves to overseeing AI agents, why the company sees the technology driving more productivity rather than simply reducing headcount, and what’s behind Microsoft 365 Copilot’s surge past 30 million paid seats...