Microsoft has upgraded Copilot in Excel from a passive assistant to a proactive tool capable of directly creating, editing, and analyzing spreadsheets. The AI can now combine data, generate visuals, ...

Excel has quietly gained dynamic arrays, XLOOKUP, Power Query, and Python, yet many still work the old way.

Excel's April updates add smarter Copilot capabilities and a subtle mobile tweak, which many customers will find useful.

What's keeping many industry players from succeeding with AI agents and models? Namely, a talent gap, a lack of sector-specific AI expertise, budget and time constraints, and a "move fast and break ...