Microsoft brings Copilot to Excel and Samsung TVs in beta

Microsoft expanded the reach of its Copilot artificial intelligence this week, rolling out two distinct integrations that bring the assistant into spreadsheets and living rooms. The company introduced a new COPILOT function in Excel for a limited set of Windows 365 Copilot Beta Channel users and announced that Copilot is now available on select 2025 Samsung smart TVs and monitors in certain markets.

In Excel, the COPILOT function lets users generate formulas and perform tasks by typing natural language prompts rather than crafting formulas by hand. Microsoft showed examples such as using COPILOT to summarize feedback from a range of cells, and said the feature is designed primarily for classification, summarization and content generation. At the same time, the company cautioned that the tool is not suited to tasks that require strict accuracy or reproducibility. Microsoft specifically advised against using the function for numerical calculations, financial reporting, legal documents and other high stakes scenarios, and warned that the AI may hallucinate or misinterpret prompts.

Microsoft also addressed privacy and usage limits. In a blog post the company said, "Your data sent...