Ai Productivity
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Microsoft Excel's =COPILOT: In-Cell AI That Recalculates on Data Changes
Microsoft has folded generative AI directly into Excel’s calculation engine with a native =COPILOT formula that lets users type natural‑language prompts into cells, reference worksheet ranges for...
Microsoft Tests COPILOT Formula in Excel: Native AI That Recalculates Automatically
Microsoft has started testing a highly anticipated feature in Excel: a native AI function called COPILOT that embeds generative AI directly into the spreadsheet's calculation engine. Announced for...
UAE Trains One Million Prompters and AI Talents With Microsoft as Post-Oil Pivot Accelerates
The United Arab Emirates is staking its post-oil future on a workforce that can talk to machines. By 2027, the nation aims to have trained one million people in AI prompt engineering and equipped a...
Microsoft Copilot Just Got a Massive Free Upgrade—Vision, Deep Reasoning, and Pro Tips Inside
Microsoft Copilot has shed its experimental skin. The AI assistant that once kept its most advanced features behind a paywall is now offering them to everyone for free—including the ability to see...
Microsoft Rolls Out GPT-5 With Smart Mode and Automated Model Router Across Copilot, GitHub, and Foundry
Microsoft has embedded OpenAI's most advanced reasoning engine into nearly every major product line, flipping on GPT-5 across consumer Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio...
Adesso Launches Budget Mechanical Keyboards with Copilot AI Key, Starting at $44.99
Adesso has launched two new mechanical keyboards—the EasyTouch 130 and EasyTouch 150—that promise a quiet, tactile typing experience and a hardware shortcut to Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant,...
Microsoft's 7 Tips for Student Savings on Copilot+ PCs: A Reality Check from Reviews
Microsoft is pushing its new Copilot+ PCs hard this fall, and the company has just published a set of seven specific strategies to help students score a deal on the AI-enhanced laptops. The guidance,...
Google Slides and Vids Now Swap and Expand Image Backgrounds With AI, but No Admin Off-Switch in Sight
Google has started rolling out Gemini-powered image editing directly inside Slides and Vids, letting users replace and expand backgrounds with a simple text prompt. The tools, which began hitting...
AI Chatbots Are Replacing Search—Here’s How to Ask Them the Right Questions
The search box is losing its crown. More Windows users now open a chatbot tab before typing a query into a traditional search engine, a shift captured in a recent News Ghana primer on how to ask AI...
GPT-5 Powers Microsoft Copilot's Next Act, But Enterprise Price Hits $30
Microsoft has started rolling out GPT-5—the latest OpenAI model—across its Copilot services, marking the most significant upgrade to the AI assistant since its debut. The model landed in early...
GPT-5 Smart Mode Lands in Windows Copilot with Surprising Free Reasoning Allowance—But Quotas Remain a Black Box
Microsoft has integrated OpenAI’s brand‑new GPT‑5 model into Copilot for Windows, introducing a “Smart” mode that automatically routes complex queries to the model’s deep‑reasoning...
Microsoft’s Free Copilot Hands You GPT-5 Thinking With 5x the Daily Quota of ChatGPT
Microsoft Copilot is now rolling out GPT-5-powered Smart mode to free users, and early tests reveal a surprising twist: the company is allowing more generous use of the model’s deep reasoning...