Microsoft is holding a big AI event later today, but one of the announcements seems to have leaked. Twitter user h0x0d has posted details of a PowerPoint Copilot feature, which appears to include a ChatGPT-like AI that will create presentations for you.
The Copilot appears in a sidebar in an online version of PowerPoint where you can ask the wizard to create a presentation based on a Word document. PowerPoint then immediately composes a presentation, complete with a full set of slides based on the content of the supplied Word document.
There are even options to ask the Copilot assistant to “add animations to this slide” or “apply a modern style to the presentation”, which suggests that you will also be able to control PowerPoint features using this chatbot. This could allow PowerPoint users to customize slides without having to know exactly how to use some of the more complex features that exist in Microsoft productivity apps.
The feature resembles how Google will use AI in Slides to add images, audio, and video to illustrate presentations. Google announced its AI additions to Gmail, Docs, Slides, and other Google Workspace productivity apps earlier this week, just before Microsoft’s AI event.
Microsoft is hosting its “reimagining productivity with AI” special event today at 8am PT / 11am ET. the edge revealed last month that Microsoft was planning an AI event in March to demonstrate how its new ChatGPT-like AI will transform its Office productivity apps. CEO Satya Nadella and Microsoft 365 Director Jared Spataro will host the event and the edge it will cover all announcements as they happen.
