Microsoft upgrades M365 Copilot with Agent Mode

Another example is a loan calculator that figures out monthly payments based on user inputs (e.g., load amount, interest rate, loan term) and then generates a payment schedule in a formatted table. Or a monthly financial analysis for a small business with a breakdown of product lines.

Microsoft claims that Agent Mode will make M365 Copilot more reliable in Excel. In its tests, Agent Mode received a score of 57.2% in Spreadsheet Bench accuracy results — that compares with 71.3% for humans, Microsoft said.

In Word, Agent Mode can take on tasks such as drafting content and suggesting changes while asking the user for input along during the process. This makes writing feel “more like a dialogue than a task,” said Chauhan, resulting in “faster iteration, better ideas, and a more engaging writing experience.”

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