Microsoft unveils AI office Copilot in fast-moving race with Google
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March 16 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Thursday trumpeted its latest plans to put artificial intelligence into the hands of more users, answering a spate of unveilings this week by its rival Google (GOOGL.O) with upgrades to its own widely used office software. The technology company previewed a new AI "Copilot" for Microsoft 365, its product suite that includes Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations and Outlook emails. The Redmond, Washington-based company, outpacing peers through investments in ChatGPTs creator OpenAI, also showcased a new "business chat" experience that can pull data and perform tasks across applications on a users written command. This weeks drumbeat of developments including new funding for AI startup Adept reflects how companies large and small are locked in a fierce competition to deploy software that could reshape how people work. The frenzy to invest in and build new products began with last years launch of ChatGPT, the chatbot sensation that showed the public the potential of so-called large language models.
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