Microsoft’s Copilot Chat AI assistant is now available in a range of Office apps at no addition cost to Microsoft 365 customers. The Copilot Chat interface can be accessed via a side panel in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote, which should result in less app-switching for users who want to query the AI assistant.

Generative artificial intelligence (genAI) tools have quickly become commonplace in the workplace. In the rush to boost productivity, many organizations have adopted them without fully considering how best to integrate them into daily workflows. Some employees are now complaining of “prompt fatigue” — a kind of cognitive drain similar to the “Zoom fatigue” of the

Google has introduced the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open framework developed with more than 60 payments and technology companies to support secure, agent-led transactions across platforms and payment methods. Built to be used as an extension to Google’s earlier Agent2Agent (A2A) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) frameworks, AP2 is designed to be payment-agnostic, supporting

Apple and Lenovo were the only PC makers to experience any growth in the US desktop and notebook markets in the second quarter. Apple saw the highest year-on-year growth of all PC makers according to Canalys, part of Omdia. That growth is significant: While the industry as a whole shipments for the second quarter drop by

Over the next few years, agentic AI is expected to bring not only rapid technological breakthroughs, but a societal transformation, redefining how we live, work and interact with the world. And this shift is happening quickly. “By 2028, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% in 2024, enabling

Zoom is implementing new collaboration features so users spend less time planning and more time getting work done. Zoom’s new AI Companion 3.0 will introduce new features over the next year, providing enhanced ways to manage time and collaboration. One such feature will recommend meetings that users can skip. “We want you to be able

Monday.com is set to launch an AI agent builder tool that can automate a range of work management tasks, the company announced at its Elevate conference on Wednesday. The agents don’t just answer questions, they “execute tasks, connect systems, and learn from context,” said Daniel Lereya, chief product and technology officer at Monday, in an

Recent innovations suggest that AI will soon be at the heart of web browsing, guiding users directly to information rather than forcing them to scroll through pages and links. When that becomes reality, so-called AI-native browsers — Comet, Arc, Dia, Andi, and others — will be able to handle tasks that traditional browsers were never

When a job seeker named Conor recently applied for a content architecture position, something felt off right away. For one thing, he got an offer for a virtual job interview just minutes after he applied, which seemed like a suspiciously quick turnaround time in today’s beleaguered job market. Was there any way that a human had actually reviewed

Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. A third family has filed a lawsuit against an AI company, alleging that its chatbot drove