Microsoft built Google’s new “AI agents” a decade early — our archives show Bing’s concierge bot trying the same thing 10 years ago (opens in new tab)

From our archives: Ten years ago today, Microsoft was testing a Bing “concierge bot” designed to live inside your conversations, handle tasks, and fetch info — basically the same thing Google is now announcing as its new AI information agents. The irony is hard to miss.