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We put the Thing That Can't Do Numbers™ in your spreadsheets (programming.dev)
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[–] black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I thought copilot in excel was supposed to generate formulae, not values! That's insane!

[–] cron@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Microsoft recommends against using the copilot function in the way it is shown in this post.

To ensure reliability and to use it responsibly, avoid using COPILOT for Numerical calculation

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Tasks with legal, regulatory or compliance implications: Avoid using AI-generated outputs for financial reporting, legal documents, or other high-stakes scenarios.

Show of hands, whose coworkers read the .txt?