Microsoft will allow customers to build autonomous artificial intelligence agents starting in November, the software giant said on Monday, in its latest move to tap the booming technology. The company is positioning autonomous agents – programs which require little human intervention unlike chatbots – as “apps for an AI-driven world,” capable of handling client inquiries, identifying sales leads and managing inventory. Microsoft said its customers can use Copilot Studio – an application that requires little knowledge of computer code – to create autonomous agents in public preview from November.