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Python in Excel isn't just for programmers—4 useful things you can do with it right now

Turn Excel into a lightweight data-science tool for cleaning datasets, standardizing dates, visualizing clusters, and ...
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I ignored Python in Excel for years, but now I can't work without it

Python has made using Microsoft Excel much easier than it has ever been, and it isn't very hard to start using it yourself.
NBC News

Using AI makes writing more bland, study finds

Does money lead to happiness? Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Researchers from a coalition of West Coast universities were curious ...
The New York Times

Is A.I. Changing the Way You Teach Writing? Tell Us.

We want to hear from high school teachers and college professors who assign writing. By Dana Goldstein For decades, American students have struggled to produce one dominant form of academic writing: a ...
The Washington Post

In some classrooms, teachers ask: Can AI teach students to write better?

When Craig Schmidt gave his high school English students an assignment based on “Fahrenheit 451,” he threw them a curveball: He told them to use ChatGPT. Schmidt asked the class to write several ...
The Atlantic

Does Writing Have to Be Hard?

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. ChatGPT and food-delivery droids came to my campus at roughly the ...
Chicago Tribune

Column: Drinking & Writing’s new musical began with a dream about a leopard print coat

Hearing that Sean Benjamin and Steve Mosqueda, the founders of the Drinking & Writing Theater, were back in business after the pandemic years and opening a new play this week, I was thrown back nearly ...
National Geographic news

Meet ‘The Baroness’—the world’s longest wild snake

She's more than 23 feet long, and verified by Guinness World Records. Snake rescuer Budi Purwanto runs a shelter for rescued pythons. He saved the record-breaking snake Ibu Baron, a name which means ...
Forbes

4 Reasons Not To Use Generative AI For Writing

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. People walk past a banner with an AI (artificial intelligence) sign at the Frankfurt book ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Sam Altman Says OpenAI “Screwed Up” GPT-5.2 Writing Quality

Altman said OpenAI "screwed up" GPT-5.2's writing quality by prioritizing coding and reasoning. He claims the regression as a resource tradeoff, not a permanent direction for the model family. Future ...
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Copilot Excel AI Beginners Guide: Faster Cleaning, Smart Analysis, Python Insights

Have you ever wished Excel could do more of the heavy lifting for you? Imagine transforming hours of tedious data cleaning and analysis into just a few clicks. That’s exactly what Microsoft’s ...