Microsoft, turning 50, dials up Copilot actions to stay in AI game

By Jeffrey Dastin

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Saturday, 05 Apr 2025
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FILE PHOTO: Copilot logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

REDMOND, Wash (Reuters) -Thousands of people swooned in a dark conference hall that felt more like a rock concert when a Microsoft product manager demonstrated the company's latest feature: how to sum numbers in Excel, with the click of a button.

"It was literally like Mick Jagger walked out," said Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft's consumer chief marketing officer, who started as an intern.

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