The tool draws on large language models and pairs them with the personal user data available within Office apps. Copilot is a whole new way of working.” – Microsoft executive vice president Jared Spataro. “It works alongside you, embedded in the apps millions of people use every day: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and more.

Microsoft revealed the new tool today in a blog post, positioning the tool as a major revolution in office software.

The tool will function like a chatbot available to users in a sidebar, and could be used to create new text, crawl through a Word document in order to create new PowerPoint presentations, or help users deploy Excel functionality they might otherwise miss. Microsofthas just announced a new text AI-powered tool, Copilot, which will be available within the business's popular Microsoft 365 apps. And now they'll be integrated with one of the buzziest, newest tech revolutions. PowerPoint, Word, Excel: They're some of the oldest, most established business apps still in use today.