


In a livestreamed presentation Thursday announcing Microsoft 365 Copilot, CEO Satya Nadella positioned it as a turning point in computer-user interactions. (A limited preview of the Copilot capabilities are already available for sales professionals via Dynamics 365 and Viva Sales.) While Microsoft has already integrated ChatGPT into its Azure cloud, as well as in its Bing search engine and Edge browser, Microsoft 365 Copilot promises to embed natural language querying capabilities into ubiquitous Microsoft 365 apps like Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Teams.

The Microsoft 365 Copilot unveiling comes just days after OpenAI, the generative AI firm in which Microsoft owns a 49 percent share, announced the availability of the next iteration of its natural language AI chatbot. Microsoft on Thursday gave a public demonstration of Microsoft 365 Copilot, which brings natural language AI capabilities into virtually every corner of its productivity stack.
