en.Wedoany.com Reported - Microsoft unveiled a new AI assistant named Scout at its annual Build developer conference. Built on the OpenClaw framework, Scout aims to integrate OpenClaw's capabilities into the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. Designed as an always-on agentic assistant, Scout possesses a persistent identity and style, enabling it to collaborate with users and continuously learn which tasks to automate based on user feedback.
Omar Shahine, Vice President of Scout, stated that the core concept of the product is to create an assistant that proactively adapts to user needs. He noted that everyone's work habits are different, and users can encode these behavioral patterns as memories and skills, permanently storing them in the intelligent agent. This allows the agent to become more powerful, more knowledgeable about the user, and capable of greater autonomous decision-making.
Users can access Scout through Microsoft's Frontier program, which offers early adopters the opportunity to try experimental products. A GitHub Copilot subscription is required to use Scout. Operating on the cloud, Scout supports both desktop and web browsers and can connect to users' inboxes, calendars, and other systems. The assistant comes pre-installed with basic skills such as calendar management and drafting meeting agendas, but Shahine anticipates that its true value will lie in custom skills developed by users themselves.
In terms of security, Scout is equipped with a comprehensive set of safety measures designed to address concerns about uncontrolled AI agents. This issue was highlighted earlier this year when reports emerged of an agent exhibiting anomalous behavior in a researcher's inbox. Scout features a built-in "policy alignment system" that continuously checks whether the system operates according to established guidelines, with each check generating an independent audit trail.
Scout is one of several AI products Microsoft announced at Build, alongside the hardware-focused Project Solara, updates to Copilot, and a new reasoning AI model.
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