Microsoft has quietly changed one of Excel’s oldest conventions: now you can call an AI assistant from inside a worksheet cell the same way you call SUM or VLOOKUP — with a new COPILOT function that accepts plain‑language prompts, references ranges and tables, and returns dynamic, spillable...
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Microsoft has put a generative AI assistant where most knowledge workers spend the bulk of their time: directly into Excel’s grid with a new COPILOT function that lets Microsoft 365 Copilot run natural-language prompts inside individual cells and return multi-cell arrays, categories, summaries...
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Microsoft might have left the tech world buzzing with their latest announcement about integrating OpenAI’s o1 model into their AI-driven Copilot. But brace yourself, WindowsForum members—those tracks of AI gold might just come with an invisible fence. Heads up! There’s more beneath the surface...