Inside Microsoft Agent 365: How AI Workers Will Be Secured, Identified, and Governed
Microsoft is introducing Agent 365, a new control plane for managing AI agents across the enterprise. Charles Lamanna, the executive leading Microsoft’s Business Apps and Agents division, joins us to explain the ideas behind the launch and why the company believes AI workers will soon be as common as apps or devices. We explore how agents already operate inside organizations, how identity and permissions will work for autonomous systems, and how Microsoft plans to detect and govern rogue agents. If you want to understand the strategy and engineering thinking behind one of Microsoft’s biggest AI bets, this is the episode to hear.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Podcast begins
01:51 – Introducing Charles Lamanna
02:45 – Why Microsoft Is Launching Agent 365 at Ignite
04:37 – How AI Agents Are Already Appearing Inside Companies
06:24 – Customer Fears About Agent Autonomy and Trust
08:40 – How Builders Know When They’ve Created a True “Agent”
11:33 – How Microsoft Detects Agents That Aren’t Registered
13:43 – How Agent 365 Will Audit and Govern AI Agents
17:05 – Real-World Examples of Agents Delivering Results
19:08 – Automatic Agent Registration and Future Telemetry Signals
20:07 – Using Agent 365 in Non-Microsoft Environments
20:38 – Whether Agent 365 Becomes the Directory for All Agents
22:25 – How Agent 365 Handles Bad or Misbehaving Agents
24:10 – What a “Bad Agent” Actually Means in Practice
25:55 – What Success Looks Like After Six to Twelve Months
30:16 – First Steps for Organizations Beginning Their Agent Journey
31:00 – Closing and thanks to Charles Lamanna
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What About... An OpenAI Bubble?
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Yann LeCun’s possible Meta exit, SoftBank unloading its Nvidia stake for an OpenAI investment, an AI-generated artist topping Billboard’s country chart, OpenAI’s talks with Washington over federal loan guarantees, Perplexity’s stance on companion chat bots, Apple reportedly licensing Google’s Gemini, Amazon launching Kindle Translate, and Google Photos expanding with Nano Banana features.
CHAPTERS:
0:03:33: Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to exit to launch startup, FT reports
0:09:03: Cambrian-S: Towards Spatial Supersensing in Video: by Li, LeCun, et al
0:10:11: Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs speeds up the world model race with Marble, its first commercial product
0:16:45: SoftBank Sells Its Nvidia Stake for $5.8 Billion to Fund OpenAI Bet
0:20:10: Anthropic Is on Track to Turn a Profit Much Faster Than OpenAI
0:27:40: OpenAI discussed government loan guarantees for chip plants, not data centers, Altman says
0:29:19: @sama: I would like to clarify a few things.
0:38:51: Country’s No. 1 Digital Song Is an AI Smash, But Who Is Breaking Rust?
Jeff's Arxiv Showdown
0:47:13: How Similar Are Grokipedia and Wikipedia?
0:49:24: Brain Organoid Computing
0:49:45: What We Can Learn From Brain Organoids
0:51:18: LLM-Based Multi-Agent System for Simulating and Analyzing Marketing and Consumer Behavior
0:52:00: Shareholder Democracy with AI Representatives
0:53:00: No. 10's synthetic voters
0:55:03: Perplexity's CEO says he's worried about AI companionship apps: 'Your mind is manipulable very easily'
0:56:20: tangentially related; might not mention: Tim Wu and Cory Doctorow’s NPCs: Non-Player Consumers
0:57:44: Apple Plans to Use 1.2 Trillion Parameter Google Gemini Model to Power New Siri - Bloomberg
0:59:05: Amazon launches an AI-powered Kindle Translate service for e-book authors
1:02:41: 6 new things you can do with AI in Google Photos
1:04:00: Remix makes sending photos to friends even more fun on Google Messages.
1:05:08: MotionStream AI
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Introducing Smart Talks with IBM
Jeff Jarvis recommends the Smart Talks with IBM podcast where business leaders, technologists and creatives explore how AI and other innovations are transforming industries.
This episode is sponsored by Smart Talks with IBM. Check it out here: https://apple.co/43yY2xd.
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Amazon vs Perplexity: Who Controls the Agent?
Join Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis as they unpack the Amazon-Perplexity legal fight, OpenAI’s massive cloud computing agreement, Coca-Cola’s AI-powered ads return for the holidays, and Jason reflects on two key reasons why he keeps returning to the Sora platform.
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CHAPTERS:
3:50 - Amazon Demands Perplexity Stop AI Tool From Making Purchases
13:07 - OpenAI signs $38bn cloud computing deal with Amazon
15:00 - Is OpenAI Becoming Too Big to Fail?
23:02 - Universal Music Settles With AI Firm Udio
35:41 - Getty Images largely loses landmark UK lawsuit over AI image generator
38:24 - OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android
45:04 - OpenAI Wants Brands to Allow Their Mascots to Appear in Gen AI Videos
55:29 - Google’s First AI Ad Avoids the Uncanny Valley by Casting a Turkey
56:24 - Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different
01:02:30 - We have a YouTube channel! Head to youtube.com/@aiinsideshow to catch all of our episodes in video!
01:05:14 - Google pulls Gemma from AI Studio after Senator Blackburn accuses model of defamation
01:07:50 - Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028 (3 free reads with this link)
01:08:33 - OpenAI’s Less-Flashy Rival Might Have a Better Business Model
01:09:17 - arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers
01:13:17 - Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space
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OpenAI's Path to IPO
This episode is sponsored by Airia. Get started today at airia.com.
On this episode, Jeff and I break down OpenAI’s restructuring for profit, look at Qualcomm's new AI200 chips, discuss why Amazon’s office job reductions might not be entirely about AI, and share Adobe’s latest generative Firefly 5 updates from Adobe Max 2025.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Podcast begins
07:24 - OpenAI completes its for-profit recapitalization
16:03 - Amazon to Cut 14,000 Jobs as Jassy Looks to Ease Bureaucracy
18:01 - Nate B Jones on why they really laid off staff
23:38 - Nate B Jones on why they really laid off staff
25:33 - Adobe Now Lets You Generate Soundtracks and Speech in Firefly
33:17 - Researchers exploit OpenAI's Atlas by disguising prompts as URLs
40:15 - Amazon unveils AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers
42:03 - Introducing Blue Jay and Project Eluna, Amazon’s latest robotics and AI technology for its operations
45:36 - Elon Musk launches a Wikipedia rival that extols his own ‘vision’
49:25 - Leo's entry says he's semi-retired; news to him, I'll bet
51:58 - Qualcomm Launches AI Chips to Challenge Nvidia’s Dominance
52:40 - Nvidia becomes world’s first $5tn company
57:28 - Sora update to bring AI videos of your pets, new social features, and soon, an Android version
01:00:48 - Google and Anthropic announce cloud deal worth tens of billions of dollars
01:02:20: Find out what’s new in the Gemini app in October's Gemini Drop.
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AI Inside explores the complexities of artificial intelligence and its impact on the world at large. Hosted by tech podcaster Jason Howell and media expert Jeff Jarvis, AI Inside takes a thoughtful look at the promise and challenges of AI while inviting some of the industry's most notable players and thinkers to engage in thoughtful dialogue about AI, neither overhyping its potential nor dismissing public concerns about its development. With a deep interest in AI's impacts on art and culture, Jason uses his rich experience in technology and creativity to understand its capabilities better. Jeff is a respected voice on technology's influence on media and society, thanks to his popular blog BuzzMachine and books like "The Web We Weave" and "The Gutenberg Parenthesis." Together, Jason and Jeff aim to advance public understanding of this world-changing technology at an important inflection point.
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