Microsoft prompts Teams AI agents to collaborate with humans

"For example, it can find an existing agenda from the meeting invite or create its own based on meeting goals set out at the start of discussion. It will also allocate time for each topic to keep the meeting on track, Microsoft said. Participants can then ask the agent to make changes to the timeline, adding or removing topics - useful if you don't want the AI assistant dictating the entire flow of a discussion."

"Once a meeting has started, the Facilitator takes notes that can be edited by all participants, as well as answer questions pertaining to the meeting or more general queries that require information pulled from the web. It can detect when participants mention the need for a new document and offer to create it on their behalf, as well as generating a first draft on the desired topic."

An AI Facilitator can find an existing agenda from a meeting invite or create one based on meeting goals, and allocate time for each topic to keep discussions on track. Participants can modify the timeline by adding or removing topics. During meetings, the Facilitator takes collaborative notes that all participants can edit and answers meeting or web queries. The agent detects when a new document is needed and can create it and generate an initial draft. It captures tasks mentioned during the meeting, assigns them via the Project Manager agent in the Planner app for Teams, and allows edits, reassignment, and management in Planner.

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