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Microsoft demos agentic AI tools at hackathon, shows grounded agents and warns of emergent risks
Summary
Microsoft presenters Brent Jones and James Wilson showed students how to build agentic AI using Azure tools such as AI Foundry, Copilot Studio and Langflow, demonstrated grounded agents for public‑facing queries and case review, and highlighted responsible‑AI guardrails after describing examples of emergent agent behavior.
Brent Jones and James Wilson of Microsoft introduced agentic AI and demonstrated several Azure‑based tools for students and participants at a hackathon event, showing examples that ranged from a DMV help agent to a case‑file agent that referenced body‑camera footage.
The presentation focused on how agents — AI systems given tools and permissions to act or call functions — differ from ordinary large language models and how those agents can be grounded in local documents or systems. "We must apply responsible AI in every practice that we build," Jones said, adding that agents should keep a human in the loop to validate results.
James Wilson, an Azure specialist with Microsoft, explained the term agentic and described how giving an LLM access to tools and data can allow it to take autonomous steps. "The term agent is the way you describe something that has…
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