Is this 'the next computer'? Microsoft’s Project Solara looks to break AI out of the PC and into the real world
THE SO WHAT
If Solara puts agents into every badge, speaker, and appliance, the control point moves from apps to identity and policy—who your agent is and what it’s allowed to do. CIOs need to assume “ambient agents” as a default state and start designing access control, logging, and UX around continuous machine-initiated actions, not user clicks.
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