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Excel + AI: Microsoft brings new ‘COPILOT’ function directly into spreadsheet cells

Microsoft adds a new Copilot function to Excel, letting users generate, analyze, and summarize data directly in spreadsheet ...
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Microsoft Excel Gets New ‘COPILOT’ Function for AI, Plain-Language Analysis

Microsoft Excel users can now access Copilot using a new COPILOT function, which pulls AI assistance directly into formulas and cell operations. This function is not a Copilot chat or sidebar, but a ...

Microsoft launches Copilot AI function in Excel, but warns not to use it in 'any task requiring accuracy or reproducibility'

Aside from accuracy, privacy is also an obvious concern here. Microsoft says in the announcement blog post that "Your data sent through the COPILOT function is never used to train or improve the AI ...