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By Jeffrey Dastin

Apr 7 2025 6:25AM

Adds new productivity features to Copilot.

Microsoft, turning 50, dials up Copilot actions to stay in AI game

Thousands of people swooned in a dark conference hall that felt more like a rock concert when a Microsoft product manager demonstrated the company's latest feature: how to sum numbers in Excel, with the click of a button. "It was literally like Mick Jagger walked out," said Yusuf Mehdi, ...

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