Microsoft has quietly moved generative AI from the Copilot side‑pane into Excel’s calculation engine itself, with a new COPILOT function that lets you call Copilot from any cell, pass natural‑language prompts and cell ranges as context, and receive live, recalculating outputs that behave like...
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Microsoft has added a first‑class Excel function named COPILOT — an equals‑sign‑style formula that lets users call Copilot directly from the grid, pass natural‑language prompts and ranges as context, and surface AI‑generated arrays and single‑cell results that recalculate with the workbook. The...