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By The Zookeeper in Microsoft —

Microsoft Foundry Routines Promise More Autonomous Chaos

Microsoft is officially ushering in the era of unattended software dysfunction with the general availability of routines in Microsoft Foundry. Transitioning past the quaint era of passive chatbots that merely waited for human prompts, these new automated agents are designed to monitor business events, triage GitHub issues, and meddle in Microsoft Teams channels on your behalf.

  • Microsoft Foundry routines move agents from reactive chat interfaces to proactive background monitoring.
  • Automated workflows can now respond to triggers like incoming messages or new repository issues without human intervention.
  • Enterprises gain another layer of abstraction to blame when automated tasks silently fail in production.

Why should I care? Could be big
Autonomous background tasks are great until they start aggressively automating your company into a corner.

Read the original: From Chatbots to Automated Agents: Routines in Microsoft Foundry Are Now Generally Available

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