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natural language to formulas
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The tag 'natural language to formulas' covers Microsoft Excel's new COPILOT function, which lets users type plain-English prompts directly into cell formulas. This generative AI feature returns live, spillable outputs such as summaries, classifications, and tables that update automatically with data changes. Rolling out initially to Microsoft 365 Copilot license holders in the Insider/Beta channel on Windows and Mac, it marks a shift from purely deterministic math to a hybrid environment where probabilistic AI results are treated as first-class formula outputs.
Microsoft has put generative AI directly into the cell grid: the new COPILOT function lets users type plain‑English prompts into Excel formulas and returns live, spillable outputs — summaries, classifications, tables and more — that update automatically as the underlying data changes. This...
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