{"slug": "excel-s-copilot-function-is-headed-for-the-recycle-bin", "title": "Excel's Copilot function is headed for the Recycle Bin", "summary": "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 generation, will no longer be available. This decision comes as part of Microsoft's broader reassessment of its Copilot offerings.", "body_md": "### MOST POPULAR\n\n[AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai)\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Copilot tricked into telling reseachers how to hack itself\n\nHow to social engineer an AI's reasoning engine\n\n-\nAI and ml\n\n#### Payments giant Stripe is about to drop over $7 billion to become a gateway to AI token sales\n\nAI gateways look promising as companies struggle with model orchestration\n\n-\nai and ml\n\n#### Anthropic says text watermarking scheme relies on inconsequential words\n\n'Shall I compare thee to a summer's afternoon' is the sort of thing this will make, and others look likely to adopt it\n\n-\nAI and ML\n\n#### DeepSeek's innovative harness treats everything as a plug-in\n\nChinese AI labs keep moving forward while US labs play defense\n\n-\nSECURITY\n\n#### Autonomous AI attacks pose 'clear and present danger' to critical infrastructure\n\nWeaponized agents could turn digital intrusions into kinetic disasters, experts warn\n\n[Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security)\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks\n\nPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack\n\nPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more\n\n-\nBlack Hat and DEF CON\n\n#### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure\n\nVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis\n\nWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified\n\n-\nMalware Month\n\n#### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight\n\nOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career\n\n[FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n-\n#### FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another\n\nWord up\n\n-\n#### GNOME can look like Windows – and Flashback can do it without extensions\n\nNew 'Simple-taskbar' is an option, but there's a simpler, stabler way\n\n-\n#### A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32\n\nNew Debian versions hit FOSSland in the form of 13.6 and 12.15\n\n-\n#### Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites\n\nFlaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide\n\n-\n#### Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly\n\nJoins yserver, Phoenix, and of course XLibre – and outlier Arcan\n\n-\n#### Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it\n\nNext version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/excel-s-copilot-function-is-headed-for-the-recycle-bin", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/17/excels-copilot-function-is-headed-for-the-recycle-bin/5288327", "published_at": "2026-08-18 12:57:25+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 13:12:03.831029+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Excel", "Copilot"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/excel-s-copilot-function-is-headed-for-the-recycle-bin", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/excel-s-copilot-function-is-headed-for-the-recycle-bin.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/excel-s-copilot-function-is-headed-for-the-recycle-bin.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/excel-s-copilot-function-is-headed-for-the-recycle-bin.jsonld"}}