Most teams don’t think of themselves as choosing a “productivity suite.” They think of themselves as needing email, a shared calendar, somewhere to keep files, and tools to write documents and run meetings. Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 both answer that bundle — but they’re built around different assumptions about how work gets done, and…
Copilot Cowork: What Changes When AI Chat Starts Taking Actions On May 5, 2026, Microsoft announced additional capabilities in Copilot Cowork, the company’s AI layer designed to move beyond conversation and into task execution. Cowork is available through the Frontier program. The update adds mobile access, a skills system for reusable instructions, and deeper integrations…
One possible workflow is to move relevant spreadsheet context between a workbook and a separate chat window—get a formula or suggestion, switch back, and paste it in. The back-and-forth adds up across a day of spreadsheet-heavy work. On May 5, 2026, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT for Excel and Google Sheets is now available globally—bringing ChatGPT…
Microsoft is repositioning Copilot as something more than a chat interface. With the Copilot Cowork announcement on May 5, 2026, the company is making an explicit push to move AI from answering questions to executing tasks — coordinating meetings, delegating work, building documents, and running research across Microsoft 365 environments. For teams already inside that…