Workflow Automation
The latest Workflow Automation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Google Gemini's New Agent Mode, Go, and Immersive View Leak in Testing—Here's What They Do
Google is quietly testing three new experimental modes inside the Gemini web app that could fundamentally change how users interact with the AI assistant. Code-sleuths at TestingCatalog discovered...
Microsoft's COPILOT Function Lets You Write AI Prompts Inside Excel Cells
Microsoft has embedded generative AI into the very fabric of Excel with a new COPILOT function, a move that transforms spreadsheet cells into natural-language prompt boxes. Starting this week,...
Microsoft Embeds AI Directly into Excel Cells with New COPILOT Function
Microsoft has begun rolling out a native =COPILOT function in Excel, allowing users to type natural-language prompts into cells and receive live, recalculating AI-generated results directly in the...
The =COPILOT() Function: Microsoft Makes AI a First-Class Citizen in Excel Formulas
Microsoft has just made its boldest move yet to embed generative AI into everyday productivity, introducing a new =COPILOT() function that allows Excel users to call Copilot directly from any cell....
Microsoft's New COPILOT Function Puts Generative AI Inside Excel Formulas
Microsoft has taken its deepest plunge yet into AI-assisted productivity by embedding a generative AI function directly into Excel’s formula engine. The new =COPILOT function, now rolling out to...
ChatGPT Gets Gmail and Calendar Access: OpenAI's Productivity Play Raises Security Flags
OpenAI has quietly breached the walls of Google Workspace. Starting this week, ChatGPT Pro users can grant the AI direct access to their Gmail inboxes, Google Calendars, and Google Contacts—turning...
Microsoft Kills Lens Scanner in December, Stranding OneNote and Accessibility Workflows
Microsoft will disable new scans in its popular Lens mobile app on December 15, 2025, a move that severs direct exports to OneNote, Word, and PowerPoint and removes integrated Immersive Reader...
Goodbye Microsoft Lens: Copilot Takes Over Scanning as Retirement Deadlines Loom
Microsoft Lens, the free mobile scanning app that has helped millions of users digitize documents, whiteboards, and receipts for over a decade, is officially being retired. The company confirmed a...
ChatGPT-5 Lands in Microsoft Copilot: Multimodal AI and Deep Context Redefine Windows Productivity
Microsoft has quietly rolled out ChatGPT-5 inside Copilot, and the difference is immediate. The new model—OpenAI’s most advanced yet—now powers the AI assistant across Windows 11, Microsoft...
GPT-5 Lands Across Microsoft's Copilot, M365, and Azure, Sparking a New AI Era for Windows
Microsoft has completed a sweeping rollout of OpenAI’s GPT-5 across nearly every corner of its ecosystem, embedding the powerful model into Copilot in Windows, Microsoft 365, GitHub, Copilot...
ONLYOFFICE AI Agent Beta Lets You Run AI Locally, Undercutting Microsoft 365 Copilot’s Cloud Lock-In
ONLYOFFICE has launched a beta AI agent that runs directly in its open-source office suite, allowing users to choose their own AI backend—including fully local models—while avoiding the...
Microsoft Executive: Keyboards, Mice Will Be as Outdated as MS-DOS by 2030
Keyboards and mice will be as alien to future generations as MS-DOS is to Gen Z today, according to Microsoft’s corporate vice president of enterprise and security, David Weston. Weston’s stark...