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Microsoft Unveils AI Office Copilot In Fast-Moving Race With Google

(Reuters) - $Microsoft Corp (MSFT)$ on Thursday trumpeted its latest plans to put artificial intelligence into the hands of more users, answering a spate of unveilings this week by its rival $Google (

Microsoft Unveils AI Office Copilot In Fast-Moving Race With Google

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First open to some 20 enterprises for testing, AI will offer a draft in these applications, speeding up content creation and freeing up workers' time, Microsoft said.The Redmond, Washington-based company, outpacing peers through investments in ChatGPT's creator OpenAI, also showcased a new \"business chat\" experience that can pull data and perform tasks across applications on a user's written command.\"We believe this next generation of AI will unlock a new wave of productivity growth,\" Satya Nadella, Microsoft's chief executive, said in an online presentation.Microsoft's share price rose about 4% on the news.This week's drumbeat of developments including new funding for AI startup Adept reflects how companies large and small are locked in a fierce competition to deploy software that could reshape how people work.At the center are Microsoft and Google-owner Alphabet Inc, which on Tuesday touted AI features for Gmail and a \"magic wand\" to draft prose in its own word processor. 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