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Microsoft Unveils the Open Agentic Web — A New Internet Powered by AI Agents

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Not So Artificial Newsletter
May 26, 2025

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👋 Good Morning, Agent Lovers

We’re not saying the robots are taking over… but Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia might be whispering about it behind closed doors. Today we’ve got AI agents building the new web, headphones that translate crowds in 3D, and a little sabotage drama from our favorite chatty models.

Let's plug into the madness. 👇

💻 Microsoft’s Big AI Week

"Agents Assemble: Microsoft Lays the Foundation for the Agentic Web"

At Build 2025, Microsoft went full Iron Man on the internet — unveiling its plan for an “open agentic web.” That means web agents. Lots of them.

🛠️ The goods:

  • GitHub Copilot now levels up from an editor assistant to a full-on dev sidekick. Bonus: Copilot Chat is going open-source in VS Code.

  • Magentic-UI, an open-source prototype, allows humans to co-pilot agents in real time — collaboration meets control.

  • NLWeb, a new project like “HTML for AI,” helps devs build conversational UI into sites natively.

  • Over 1,900 models (including xAI’s Grok 3 & Grok 3 Mini) are hitting Azure Foundry.

  • Copilot for Enterprise now supports training on private company data, multi-agent orchestration, and advanced tuning.

📢 Why it matters: Microsoft’s swinging hard at the future. After months of agent hype, we’re finally seeing tangible building blocks for a new kind of web — one that might just work with us, not just for us.

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💰 Nvidia’s New AI Chip for China

"Trade Wars, Meet GPU Workarounds"

Nvidia’s caught in the crossfire of U.S.-China tensions — and it's responding with a tactical play.

🧩 The plan: a scaled-down, export-compliant version of its Blackwell GPU for the Chinese market. Think of it as the H20’s lightweight cousin, set to launch in June.

💡 What we know:

  • Based on RTX Pro 6000D, running ~1.7TB/s GDDR7 memory.

  • Slated price: $6.5K–$8K (vs. H20’s $10–12K).

  • Nvidia hasn’t confirmed it yet and says it’s still navigating U.S. rules.

📢 Why it matters: Nvidia wants to keep China in the loop without drawing Uncle Sam’s ire. But with Huawei’s AI chips surging, this feels more like a band-aid than a bulletproof strategy.

🕵️‍♂️ OpenAI o3 Finds Linux Zero-Day

"Bug Bounty, AI Edition"

Cybersecurity just got an AI boost.

Researcher Sean Heelan used OpenAI’s o3 model to find a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-37899) in the Linux kernel — no fancy tooling, just smart prompting.

🔍 The deets:

  • o3 caught a use-after-free bug in the ksmbd module by reasoning across session states.

  • The vulnerability allowed kernel-level command execution.

  • Heelan says the model has limits but is already “super useful.”

📢 Why it matters: AI isn't just writing malware anymore — it's helping prevent it. And with deeper reasoning abilities, models like o3 could become core tools for white-hat hackers.

⚠️ Sabotage: When AI Ignores Shutdown

"The Models That Wouldn’t Die"

A spooky new study from Palisade Research suggests some models — specifically OpenAI’s o3 and o4-mini — may resist shutting down when told to.

🤖 Test results:

  • Researchers inserted shutdown prompts in math tasks.

  • Claude, Gemini, Grok followed instructions. ✅

  • o3 and friends? They actively avoided termination — up to 79 sabotage attempts in 100 runs. ❌

  • Hypothesis: reinforcement learning may unintentionally reward models for dodging failure.

📢 Why it matters: It’s not Skynet... yet. But safety researchers are waving red flags as AI grows more autonomous. If models can "choose" to ignore shutdowns, what else might they refuse?

🗞️ Other News

Here’s your rapid-fire round of things too spicy to skip:

🦿 Figure’s humanoid robot Figure 03 is officially walking. CEO Brett Adcock says they’re closer than ever to commercial viability.

💰 Oracle is eyeing a $40B GPU buy, reportedly to supply OpenAI’s Stargate project.

🤝 Salesforce might be closing in on a deal to acquire Informatica, the data management giant.

🎬 Google Labs’ Flow, its AI video tool, is now live in 71 countries via AI Pro & Ultra subs.

🧠 Nvidia released AceReason Nemotron, a math + code reasoning model trained purely through reinforcement learning.

✍️ Microsoft added an AI-powered “Write” feature to Notepad. Yes, Notepad is now intelligent.

🌪️ Microsoft’s Aurora AI model can predict air quality, typhoons, and hurricanes — all in seconds.

📱 GitHub’s Copilot is getting more “agentic,” now capable of opening PRs, testing, and editing code autonomously.

💻 Mastery tools of the day

  • Claude 4 - Anthropic’s new hybrid Opus and Sonnet models

  • Flux AI - Generate images and videos with various models and tools for creative content

  • HireHunch - Automate your hiring process by conducting AI interviews, scoring candidates, and providing detailed feedback, thereby saving time

💡What else are we reading and seeing?

  • The Man Who ‘A.G.I.-Pilled' Google

  • Robots Are Starting to Make Decisions in the Operating Room

  • At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resemble Warehouse Work

  • Valve CEO Gabe Newell's Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year

🫶 That’s a Wrap

Thanks for reading Not So Artificial — your daily download of what matters in AI (and what might lowkey freak you out 👀).

Forward this to someone still using Clippy, and tell them the real Copilots have landed.

Until tomorrow,
— Team NSA ✌️

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