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What is Microsoft Copilot, and is it worth using at work?

Microsoft Copilot is Microsoft's AI assistant: free on the web and phone, and built into Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook with a Microsoft 365 plan. It is worth it if your work already lives in Office files. In India, Microsoft 365 Personal with Copilot is Rs 689 a month and Premium, with higher limits, Rs 1,999. With a work account Copilot Chat is free, and the Copilot Business add-on is Rs 1,495.73 a user a month paid yearly until 31 December 2026. Ethan Mollick finds it fine for office documents but behind on agents, and ChatGPT now also runs inside Word.

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OpenAI's dated log of changes: GPT-6 Sol for Plus and GPT-6 Luna for Free and Go (7 October 2026), ChatGPT for Word on every plan (17 September 2026), the India Go launch at Rs 399 including GST and the end of its free year on 21 January 2026.

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