The UK Department for Business and Trade’s pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot returned a clear, measured verdict: staff liked the assistant, and specific writing and summarisation tasks became noticeably faster, but the trial produced no robust evidence that those time savings translated into...
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The UK Department for Business and Trade’s three‑month pilot of Microsoft 365 Copilot returned a cautious but informative verdict: users reported high satisfaction and clear wins on text‑based tasks, yet the measurable productivity gains were small, use‑case dependent, and offset in places by...
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