ChatGPT 5.4 is a big spreadsheet fan — and comes with special Excel & Google Sheets tools

ChatGPT is now using its 5.4 Thinking model for deeper reasoning, and it's even better at handling "professional work." ...
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Visual Studio Code previews agent plugins

Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP servers, and hooks.
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OpenAI just turned ChatGPT into your spreadsheet co-pilot

OpenAI integrates Excel support and live financial data into ChatGPT, creating a powerful spreadsheet co-pilot for traders, analysts, and crypto investors.

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with native computer use mode, financial plugins for Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets

The big headlines on this release are efficiency, with OpenAI reporting that GPT-5.4 uses far fewer tokens (47% fewer on some tasks) than its predecessors).

Does Apple agree that Microsoft's apps are more popular than its own? I spotted the MacBook Neo's cute nod to Office and Slack

Then again, maybe Microsoft needn't worry too much, because even Apple couldn't resist a shout-out for iconic Office apps in Microsoft 365 during a video demo of the MacBook Neo. You may like A $599 ...