These updates are being announced alongside Microsoft's annual Work Trend Index, a joint report with LinkedIn on the use of AI in the workplace. The report reveals that 75% of people are already using AI at work, with 78% of AI users bringing their own AI tools to work. Microsoft's report also highlights the emergence of the "AI power user", a worker who uses AI to save time at work.
Key takeaways:
- Microsoft is working on new features for its Copilot for Microsoft 365 service, including an auto-complete feature that offers suggestions to improve AI prompts and an 'elaborate your prompt' feature that rewrites prompts for better results.
- A new 'Catch Up' chat interface will be added to Copilot for Microsoft 365, highlighting upcoming meetings and surfacing relevant documents and information to help users prepare.
- Microsoft will allow Copilot for Microsoft 365 subscribers to create, publish, and manage prompts in Copilot Lab, which can be tailored for individual teams in businesses.
- According to Microsoft's latest annual Work Trend Index, 75 percent of people are already using AI at work, and 78 percent of AI users are bringing their own AI tools to work, leading to the rise of the 'AI power user'.