India, Sept. 27 -- Microsoft on Friday unveiled several new capabilities in its Copilot app, including a coding tool and an always-on AI agent, as the software giant seeks to transform its AI assistant into a one-stop shop for office workers.
The company is also embedding its Office applications Word, Excel, and PowerPoint directly within Copilot, allowing users to work collaboratively on these apps without having to leave the AI tool. Shares of the Redmond, Washington-based company rose about 3% in early trading.Microsoft Rs is racing to expand Copilot beyond its chat-based roots to boost adoption as it competes with AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude.
The Windows maker unveiled "Code" to let users build apps, dashboards and other so...