New Delhi, July 16 -- San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company OpenAI is reportedly working on expanding ChatGPT's productivity capabilities, in a move that could significantly lessen users' dependence on Microsoft Office tools like Excel and PowerPoint.

According to a report fromThe Information, the company is developing support for Microsoft's spreadsheet (.xlsx) and presentation (.pptx) file formats directly within ChatGPT's interface. If live, this enhancement could enable users to not only create but also open and edit these files natively, removing the current need to download them for use in external applications.

At present, users who rely on ChatGPT for creating spreadsheets or slideshows can generate plain-text vers...