What happens when AI stops answering questions and starts taking action?
In this episode, I sit down with Peter Lee, President of Microsoft Research, to unpack what actually has to be true for AI to become a real coworker, not just a chatbot.
This conversation is grounded in Microsoft’s latest roadmap, What’s next in AI: 7 trends to watch in 2026, which lays out how AI is shifting from tools we use to systems that act inside real workflows.
We talk about:
Why AI that helps teams cannot live in a chat window
How multi-agent systems create trust through disagreement
What AI orchestration really means
How AI could shrink global health gaps
Why AI is becoming part of the scientific method itself
What developers need to know as AI starts understanding code in context, not snippets
Why the next leap in computing is closer than most people think
? Referenced article:
What’s Next in AI: 7 Trends to Watch in 2026
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/whats-next-in-ai-7-trends-to-watch-in-2026/
? Guest:
Peter Lee, President, Microsoft Research
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterlee4/