OpenAI Preps ChatGPT Agents in Challenge to Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

As OpenAI tries to turn ChatGPT into a core application for white-collar work, it’s developing agent features that could make its customers less dependent on productivity apps from Microsoft.

In the latest example, OpenAI has developed features that let ChatGPT customers quickly create and edit presentations and spreadsheets that are compatible with PowerPoint and Excel directly in the chatbot without using the Microsoft apps themselves, according to a person who has used the new features.