New Excel Copilot Agent Mode Automates Models, Formulas, Checks & Dashboards

Now in preview, Copilot Agent Mode for Excel is available to Microsoft 365 holders in Frontier, saving setup time on complex ...

Battle of the pivot tables: Diarmuid ‘The LeBron James of Excel’ Early defeats three-time champion Andrew Ngai to claim the 2025 Excel World Championship and a $5,…

The Microsoft Excel World Championship 2025 concluded with a dramatic finish as Diarmuid “The LeBron James of Excel” Early ...

Canada wants to excel in AI, but its funding model is frustrating tech leaders

AI minister says Compute Access Fund received a large volume of applications and the process is taking much longer than ...

More than half of workers say they really "love" Excel - and surprisingly enough, it's younger workers who are apparently more infatuated

Research from to Datarails (via The Register) found over half (54%) of finance professionals aged 22 to 32 report "loving" Excel, a higher proportion than among older generations, where 39% express ...
The Escapist

“It’s Disneyland for nerds”: Microsoft Excel World Championship CEO Andrew Grigolyunovich tells us what it takes to turn an everyday office task into a full-fledge…

CEO Andrew Grigolyunovich was an Excel competitor himself before starting the Microsoft Excel World Championship, a way to ...

Stop using ChatGPT for everything: I use these AI models for research, coding, and more (and which I avoid)

Obsessing over model version matters less than workflow.
Devdiscourse

Financial institutions turn to blockchain and federated AI for secure fraud detection

The review reports that blockchain-enhanced federated learning systems typically achieve slightly lower raw accuracy than ...

Why Companies Are Shifting To A Hybrid SLM-LLM Model

SLMs are not replacements for large models, but they can be the foundation for a more intelligent architecture.
Opinion

Strategic autonomy in AI needs public investment across data, models, talent and governance

India's AI ambitions are hampered by its reliance on global tech giants for foundational models and infrastructure. While Indian firms excel in application development, a lack of control over core AI ...