The Future of Work: AI and Microsoft Office

Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI have unveiled new AI-powered features for their productivity tools, promising to make users more productive and eliminate grunt work. The new tools include virtual assistants that can transcribe meeting notes, summarize email threads, and create charts and presentations in seconds. However, the sheer number of new options raises questions about whether they will live up to the hype or cause unintended consequences, including enabling cheating and eliminating certain roles. Organizations will need to educate their users on what these solutions are good at and what their limitations are.