Microsoft just released two new Copilot agents, Researcher and Analyst, alongside its 2025 Work Trend Index report

Microsoft just released two new Copilot agents, Researcher and Analyst, alongside its 2025 Work Trend Index report— which maps out the rise of AI-centric, human-led “Frontier Firms” set to reshape the workplace.

Researcher and Analyst bring deep reasoning to M365 Copilot for complex research and data science tasks like forecasting.
The agents are rolling out as part of Copilot’s “Frontier” early access program, alongside updates that let companies build autonomous multi-agent systems.
Microsoft's research across 31,000 workers shows companies leading in AI adoption are seeing major results:
Microsoft also believes that every employee will become an “agent boss,” with all companies becoming AI-human “Frontier Firms” for operations in 2-5 years.

Microsoft’s agent release coincides nicely with how the company views the future of work: one dominated by AI agents, but managed by humans. We’re in the beginning stages of a complete shift in how work gets done — with human-agent teams becoming the norm and companies moving to fully hybrid, AI-infused structures.

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