Microsoft Copilot wants to automate your work. Do you trust it?
Just as Office defined productivity for the PC era, Copilot is defining work for the AI era, Microsoft says. Credit: Microsoft For years, collaborating inside Office documents has been the foundation of Microsoft’s productivity scheme. In a telling sign of the AI era, users may collaborate and share custom apps they’ve created themselves in Copilot.
- ▪Just as Office defined productivity for the PC era, Copilot is defining work for the AI era, Microsoft says.
- ▪Credit: Microsoft For years, collaborating inside Office documents has been the foundation of Microsoft’s productivity scheme.
- ▪In a telling sign of the AI era, users may collaborate and share custom apps they’ve created themselves in Copilot.
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Just as Office defined productivity for the PC era, Copilot is defining work for the AI era, Microsoft says. But how much will it all cost? Credit: Microsoft For years, collaborating inside Office documents has been the foundation of Microsoft’s productivity scheme. But what’s the plan for the future? In a telling sign of the AI era, users may collaborate and share custom apps they’ve created themselves in Copilot. Microsoft just announced changes to Copilot that realize a deeper vision of AI in the workplace. Some of it is cursory: The Copilot app will now have separate tabs for Home, Code, and agents, now called “Autopilots.” Other changes are more functional, such as a more comprehensive “Today” dashboard that outlines and even performs your to-do tasks.
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