Microsoft, Salesforce Battle Heats Up As AI Agent Technology Takes Center Stage
Microsoft, Salesforce Battle Heats Up As AI Agent Technology Takes Center Stage
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced during its "AI Tour" event in London that businesses will be able to develop their own autonomous artificial intelligence agents starting in November.
微軟公司（NASDAQ:MSFT）在倫敦的"AI Tour"活動中宣佈，企業將能夠自11月起開發自己的自主人工智能代理。
These autonomous AI agents, which act as virtual assistants capable of performing tasks without supervision, are part of the company's Copilot Studio platform.
這些自主人工智能代理是公司Copilot Studio平台的一部分，它們可以作爲虛擬助手執行任務而無需監督。
The technology aims to streamline enterprise functions, allowing organizations to customize and create AI-driven agents.
該技術旨在簡化企業功能，使組織能夠定製和創建以人工智能驅動的代理。
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Microsoft's Jared Spataro drew parallels between the AI-driven agents and smartphone apps for the AI age, Bloomberg reports.
據彭博報道，微軟的Jared Spataro將人工智能驅動代理與智能手機應用程序在人工智能時代的作用進行了類比。
In addition to the Copilot Studio updates, Microsoft plans to launch ten new AI agents for its Dynamics 365 suite. These will support various business operations, from sales to finance and supply chain management. The integration of AI agents is expected to boost efficiency across multiple industries, and Microsoft will show examples of real-world applications during the London event.
除了Copilot Studio的更新外，微軟計劃爲其Dynamics 365套件推出十個新的人工智能代理。這些代理將支持各種業務操作，從銷售到財務和供應鏈管理。預計人工智能代理的整合將提高多個行業的效率，並微軟將在倫敦活動期間展示現實應用的案例。
The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant also demonstrated how its AI agents could transform customer service.
總部位於華盛頓雷德蒙德的科技巨頭還演示了其人工智能代理如何改變客戶服務。
The announcement follows Salesforce Inc's (NYSE:CRM) unveiling its AI tools in September with the launch of Agentforce. Salesforce's platform allows businesses to build AI agents for enterprise-level tasks, positioning itself as a competitor in this rapidly growing space.
此前，Salesforce Inc（紐約證交所:CRM）在九月推出了具有Agentforce之稱的人工智能工具。Salesforce的平台允許企業構建用於企業級任務的人工智能代理，將自己定位爲這一迅速增長空間中的競爭對手。
Microsoft also revealed a five-year deal with the UK government to offer its AI tools to public sector organizations. The agreement will provide access to Microsoft's productivity tools, including Microsoft 365 and Azure, as well as AI-powered solutions such as Microsoft 365 Copilot.
微軟還宣佈與英國政府達成了爲公共部門組織提供其人工智能工具的爲期五年的協議。該協議將提供對微軟的生產力工具的訪問權限，包括Microsoft 365和Azure，以及人工智能解決方案，如Microsoft 365 Copilot。
Northland Capital found Salesforce's Agentforce platform "on par" with Microsoft.
Northland Capital發現Salesforce的Agentforce平台"與微軟不相上下"。
Wedbush's Dan Ives projected upside from technology companies, including Salesforce from the AI wave led by Microsoft and Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA).
Wedbush的Dan Ives預計技術公司（包括Salesforce）將從由微軟和Nvidia Corp（納斯達克：NVDA）帶動的人工智能浪潮中獲得增長空間。
Microsoft gained 27% in the last 12 months. Salesforce is up over 45%.
微軟在過去12個月中上漲了27%。Salesforce上漲超過45%。
Investors can gain exposure to Microsoft through SPDR Select Sector Fund – Technology (NYSE:XLK) and iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSE:IVW).
投資者可以通過SPDR選擇板塊基金 - 科技（紐約證券交易所：XLK）和iShares S&P 500成長型ETF（紐約證券交易所：IVW）獲得對微軟的曝光。
Price Action: MSFT stock is down 0.36% at $416.66 premarket at last check Monday.
價格走勢：MSFt股價在上一個交易日早盤報價爲416.66美元，下跌了0.36%。
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