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always-on agents

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Amazon Quick desktop ships always-on agents across seven regions

AWS made the Amazon Quick desktop app generally available on macOS and Windows in seven regions. Quick can work with local files and connected business apps, synchronize context across desktop and mobile, and keep scheduled or monitoring agents running in the cloud after a laptop closes.

Why it matters: A desktop agent that persists after the local machine closes moves authority, context and execution into a cloud control plane. Teams need to know which files, connectors, schedules and actions survive a device session and how administrators can stop them.

Read storyOriginal source · aws.amazon.com

Microsoft previews an always-on Scout agent built around governed identity

Microsoft previewed Scout, an always-on agent built on OpenClaw with Entra identity and organizational controls, alongside an alpha OpenClaw-on-Windows environment using OpenShell sandboxing.

Why it matters: Persistent agents create an identity and governance problem as much as a model problem; Microsoft is making enterprise identity part of the agent architecture.

Read storyOriginal source · news.microsoft.com