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# Microsoft Scout is not just another AI… Danny de Vries Jun 6 12 7 3
Built in 57 days on open-source foundations, it quietly redefines what a personal agent at work can actually do.
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Josh Igoe

Jun 6

Very nice article. What I wonder is the cost... it will be free for now, then once we get going how much will compute be. It's useful no doubt! Cost benefit needs sorting

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Danny de Vries

Jun 6

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Thank you! We're also wondering what the cost will be. I believe the general expectation is that those advanced agents, like Cowork or Scout, will bring additional cost as soon as they're out of Frontier. Let's see 😊

Dr Peter McCann Strain

Scout is interesting because the risk moves from fluent text to delegated authority. Once an assistant can work across email, files, calendars or business tools, the question becomes: what can it touch, what can it change, and how reversible is the action? I wrote about that shift here: https://petermccannstrain.substack.com/p/tools-give-models-hands

Omar Shahine

Jun 10

Hey. Wanted to mention memory should persist across installs. Are you seeing something different.

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Danny de Vries

Jun 11

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Hey Omar! Thanks for your great work, and thanks for reading the article! We meant the memories between Copilot Chat and Scout specifically, those are not shared. I'll review the article and make it more clear where necessary.

Matt Munslow

Jun 6

Good write up thanks Danny

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Danny de Vries

Jun 6

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Thanks, Matt! Appreciated!