PowerPoint

A Google employee intentionally limited her 8-year-old daughter's technology use but now faces challenges as her child mirrors her AI habits. She aims to teach her daughter intentional AI use while balancing offline learning and digital literacy.

McKinsey consultants are reducing their reliance on PowerPoint through AI tools. An employee developed an AI-assisted website as a central project hub, improving version control and information sharing for a North American cable company project.

Microsoft is rolling out updates to Office apps next week that will allow users to disable the Copilot button that appears in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The floating button had frustrated many users, particularly Excel users, as it obstructed cells and couldn't be fully disabled. Microsoft acknowledges the need for more user control over how Copilot appears in its applications.

ChatGPT integration is now available in PowerPoint, allowing most users to generate slides using AI. This feature enables users to create presentations more efficiently by leveraging artificial intelligence capabilities directly within the Microsoft Office application.

Microsoft is updating its Copilot feature in Office to make it easier to access and use, with a new icon and updated keyboard shortcuts. The changes aim to address user feedback and will be available in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows and Mac by early June. However, some users have expressed frustration with the feature's intrusive design.

A PowerPoint-related incident caused users to experience an infinite loop, highlighted in The Register's 'Who, Me?' column, which shares anecdotes of tech mishaps and their resolutions.