Microsoft adds Guardian Agents to watch AI agents inside companies

By the GetNews desk · Edited by Sam Calder

Microsoft is expanding Project Perception to watch the AI agents companies use, and it now finds 60 types of local agents.

60types of local agents it can find

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Companies give wide access, and Microsoft wants the controls to sit outside the model itself.

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On October 19 Microsoft announced Guardian Agents as part of Project Perception.
It added 35 types of local agents to discovery, for 60 in total, including Claude Code, OpenAI Codex and GitHub Copilot.
Microsoft extends Entra Agent ID with identities for local agents, so each agent has an identity separate from its owner.
Microsoft says controls should work outside the model, including human approval for risky steps.

WatchWatch: checking agents from outside the model is an idea that will spread in companies.

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