Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) marked its 50th anniversary Friday by showcasing a range of new artificial intelligence tools at its Copilot Event, underlining the company's evolution from a developer tools business to a platform enabling widespread software creation.

During the event, CEO Satya Nadella demonstrated Copilot's Agent Mode, a feature designed to assist with complex tasks drawing parallels to the company's very first product, Altair Basic. He noted the release of Agent Mode for all Visual Studio users and introduced a code review agent intended to automatically detect and fix bugs.

Nadella also announced a new framework to support multi-agent systems, along with tools for tuning, monitoring, and providing feedback. He said Microsoft is working on security-focused tools, including an AI Red Teaming Agent and systems to measure code vulnerabilities part of its strategy to build more secure AI platforms.

Earlier this week, co-founder Bill Gates (Trades, Portfolio) published a blog post reflecting on Microsoft's origins, including the source code for Altair Basic, describing it as the coolest code he ever wrote.

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman introduced additional Copilot functions, such as Copilot Pages, Copilot Actions, Windows Vision, and Deep Research. These features enable users to write documents, find listings, edit images on screen, and plan trips, respectively. He also demonstrated a Copilot-created podcast featuring Nadella, Gates, and Steve Ballmer, and another AI-generated episode made for a child's birthday.

New personalization features, such as animated Copilot avatars, were also previewed, alongside an upcoming Memory function that can visualize user-related data.

The company received tributes from leaders across the tech industry. Executives from AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE), and Accenture (NYSE:ACN) commended Microsoft's innovation and partnerships over the decades. AMD CEO Lisa Su highlighted joint efforts across Windows, cloud infrastructure through Azure, and gaming with Xbox.