Back to today’s briefing

Story perspectives

Microsoft Unveils Agent Mode: Boosts Productivity with AI

9/29/2025

41 7

Summary

Story summary

Microsoft launches Agent Mode in Excel and Word, introducing "vibe working" to boost productivity.
Copilot now supports multi-step tasks with interactive content generation.
Agent Mode uses Generative Pre-trained Transformer 5 (GPT-5); the Office Agent in Copilot chat relies on Anthropic’s AI.
Access is limited to Frontier program users of Microsoft 365 Copilot; initial rollout on web shows 57.2% SpreadsheetBench accuracy.

1 of 1

Story summary

Microsoft launches Agent Mode in Excel and Word, introducing "vibe working" to boost productivity.
Copilot now supports multi-step tasks with interactive content generation.
Agent Mode uses Generative Pre-trained Transformer 5 (GPT-5); the Office Agent in Copilot chat relies on Anthropic’s AI.
Access is limited to Frontier program users of Microsoft 365 Copilot; initial rollout on web shows 57.2% SpreadsheetBench accuracy.