OpenAI announced GPT-5.6 as the new preferred model for Microsoft 365 Copilot, set to improve productivity tools used daily by millions of users. The update integrates OpenAI's latest flagship model series into Microsoft 365 applications, enabling more efficient and effective AI assistance across various workstreams. GPT-5.6 is designed to deliver more useful work from every token, with stronger performance per dollar and on-demand capability for complex tasks. This integration aims to help users create, analyze, and collaborate with more capable AI assistance in their everyday workflows.
Microsoft 365 users will benefit from GPT-5.6 in multiple applications. In Word, it will help draft, edit, and refine documents with fewer prompts. In Excel, it will support deeper data analysis while using tokens more efficiently. In PowerPoint, it will transform early ideas into polished, visually compelling presentations with less manual guidance. In Cowork, it will assist users in completing complex, cross-functional tasks and producing higher-quality outputs with less manual coordination. The partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft aims to bring advanced AI capabilities to more individuals and organizations.
Microsoft's Nitin Agrawal stated, "We can’t wait for customers to see what GPT-5.6 in Microsoft 365 will do, enabling them to work even more effectively with AI in the tools they use every day." Nikunj Handa, Head of API Product at OpenAI, added, "Microsoft 365 is where millions of people write, analyze, create, and collaborate every day. By bringing GPT-5.6 to Microsoft 365 Copilot through the OpenAI API, we're helping organizations get more useful work from every token, and more value from AI in the tools they already use."
Source: openai
