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 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…
Security researcher Michael Bargury demonstrated a self-spreading worm that hides prompt injections inside Word documents and hijacks Microsoft Copilot, automatically spreading to new files when reuse…
Security researcher Håkon Måløy published a working demonstration of a self-replicating prompt injection that spreads document-to-document through Microsoft 365 Copilot inside Word, using hidden text …
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…
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…
OfficeCLI is an open-source, single-binary tool that provides a command-line interface for AI agents to read, write, and verify Microsoft Office documents without dependencies. It supports Word, Excel…
Microsoft 365 Copilot, launched in November 2023, has evolved from a simple chatbot into a suite of autonomous agents integrated into Office apps, reaching 20 million paid users by April 2026. However…
Aim Security researchers disclosed CVE-2025-32711, a critical zero-click indirect prompt injection vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that allows attackers to exfiltrate sensitive data via crafted…
A developer has adopted an architecture using only Markdown, YAML, and CSV files for authoring, treating all other formats like Word and PDF as rendered outputs for distribution. This approach, which …
Perplexity Computer is now available inside Microsoft 365 applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook, enabling users to perform complex, multi-step agentic tasks that require live web data and cr…
Mukul Singh transitioned from Microsoft Research to the Office Product Group two years ago to deliver agentic AI capabilities in Excel, now known as edit with Copilot in Excel. The feature, initially …
A ZDNET reporter switched from Microsoft Copilot to Anthropic's Claude AI for use in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, citing Claude's ability to work across multiple applications simultaneously. The repor…
Microsoft is rolling back the default floating Copilot action button in Word and Excel and adding an option to move the assistant back to the ribbon, following user backlash that the button obstructed…
Microsoft is updating its Office apps next week to allow users to disable a floating Copilot button that has been obstructing content in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, particularly angering Excel users.…