Kookerella Ltd's open-source tool Kookerella.FsOpenXmlDsl.Mcp version 1.0.0 enables decompiling Excel templates into JSON and rebuilding them into .xlsx files, as demonstrated in a four-part series wh…
Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant now explains Excel spreadsheet functions, according to a post on vowe dot net. The feature, which is part of the Microsoft 365 suite, allows users to ask Copilot to ex…
AI agents still cannot reliably automate Excel evaluation, especially in cloud environments without the Excel application installed, according to Orcaset's eval suite. Agents often fall back to hidden…
DeepSeek Harness (DSH) has released dsh-univer-office, a modular office plugin that enables the AI agent to create, edit, inspect, and deliver spreadsheets, documents, presentations, databases, and ca…
Microsoft's Excel Copilot feature is being removed, according to a report from The Register. The AI-powered assistant, which was integrated into Excel to help users with data analysis and formula gene…
A company lost an employee described as an all-star, and within weeks his workflows were automated or deprecated, leading to fears among remaining staff about their own job security. The author, an ex…
Microsoft will merge its consumer and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps into a unified interface starting Aug. 18, part of a broader push toward a Copilot 'super app' that consolidates features like Copilot …
Microsoft is consolidating its various Copilot features into a single 'super app' that will serve as the primary interface for its AI assistant, according to a support document update. The unified Cop…
Regulators are pushing companies to abandon Excel for ESG reporting, according to a new analysis, as manual spreadsheets lack the data lineage and audit trails needed for compliance. The article advoc…
A lawyer and a finance professional, both non-tech workers, expressed frustration with AI at work, citing mandated AI project proposals, degraded AI writing tools, and worsening Google search results.…
Excel users can move from basic to power user by adopting an AI-assisted workflow that includes converting data into an official Excel Table (Ctrl + T), using Slicers for visual filtering, and employi…
The falling cost of building software with AI agents is creating a new wave of ungoverned, business-critical applications that nobody owns or documents, echoing the legacy of Microsoft Access database…
A developer explores advanced techniques for merging specific sheets from multiple Excel files, addressing challenges like inconsistent headers and data types. The guide compares traditional methods s…
A new open-source project under the MIT license provides typed .NET packages for creating, reading, editing, and converting Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, OneNote, email, PDF, Markdown, and other doc…
Microsoft is routing production traffic in GitHub Copilot, Excel, and Outlook to its own smaller MAI models when they match or beat frontier alternatives on specific tasks, with frontier models from O…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said competitive advantage in AI is shifting beyond the model itself to building the best learning ecosystem around it, as the company's MAI models outperform general-purpo…
Anthropic's Claude Cowork, launched on January 30, 2026, enables the AI agent to execute multi-step tasks across Chrome, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook from an isolated server environment, with …
XAI's Grok AI is now available as a free add-in for Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, directly challenging Microsoft's Copilot which costs approximately $30 per month. The add-ins, rolled out in …
Microsoft integrated OpenAI's GPT-5.6 as the default model for its 365 Copilot suite on July 9, 2024, enhancing complex multi-step tasks across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The deployment raises trans…
Microsoft has begun routing a significant share of Copilot prompts in Excel and Outlook to its own MAI models, reducing reliance on OpenAI and Anthropic to cut inference costs. The move, effective Jul…