This weekly update shows how AI agents are learning to work together as real team members. The most important news comes from Microsoft, which made a big announcement on September 18 about new collaborative AI agents for Microsoft 365.

Microsoft's new approach changes how we think about AI helpers. Instead of just being personal assistants, these AI agents work as full team members. They can join meetings, help with projects, and talk to other AI agents to get work done. This is like having digital coworkers that can work on many things at the same time.

The Project Pluto example shows how these agents work together. When a team works on a project, they get a special AI agent just for that project. This agent can write summaries, make plans, and create tasks. During meetings, a different agent called the Facilitator helps make agendas and takes notes. After the meeting, it turns decisions into action items.

What makes this special is how the agents share information with each other. The meeting agent can tell the project agent about decisions made in meetings. The file organizing agent can help everyone find the right documents. This teamwork between AI agents helps human teams work better.

Other companies are also building AI agent partnerships. Siteimprove and Optimizely announced that their AI agents can now work together to help websites. This shows how AI agents from different companies can collaborate to solve bigger problems. These agents help fix website issues and make content better automatically.

New research gives us a big picture view of how companies are preparing for AI teammates. The 2025 Agentic AI Futures Index studied over 600 businesses to understand their plans. The research looked at five important areas: how companies use digital workers, how ready they are for AI agents, how they keep AI safe, how AI helps make decisions, and how AI understands cause and effect.

The research shows that most companies want AI agents that can do more than just follow instructions. They want agents that can think through problems, make smart choices, and work independently. This means AI agents are becoming more like human workers who can handle complex tasks.

Security is becoming very important as AI agents get more powerful. Security experts warn that AI agents could create new risks if they're not managed properly. They worry about AI agents that might make mistakes or be used by bad actors. Companies need strong rules and safety measures to keep AI agents working correctly.

The research shows that successful companies will be those that learn how to manage teams of humans and AI agents working together. This means new types of management skills and new ways of organizing work. Some AI agents might need performance reviews just like human employees.

Enterprise adoption is moving quickly. Companies are moving from small AI experiments to using AI agents across their whole organization. The research found that trust and governance are the most important factors for success. Companies that build good systems for managing AI agents will have big advantages over their competitors.

Looking ahead, this weekly update shows that AI agent collaboration is becoming the new normal. Instead of just having one AI assistant, teams will have multiple AI agents that specialize in different tasks and work together. This represents a major shift in how work gets done, with AI agents becoming true digital team members rather than just tools.