Anthropic's Claude Is Learning Excel So You Don't Have To
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Anthropic's Claude AI is being trained to master Excel, potentially automating tasks and changing how users interact with spreadsheets; the community discusses the implications of AI taking over complex tasks.
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beardywAuthor
2 months ago
Since 90% of spreadsheets have errors in them this seems a perfect fit for AI.
ChrisArchitect
2 months ago
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45722639
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