Overview
- OpenAI released a beta ChatGPT add-in that installs as a sidebar inside Microsoft PowerPoint so users can generate and edit presentations without leaving the app.
- The tool can turn notes, documents, spreadsheets, images, or screenshots into editable slides, reorganize decks, rewrite text, and suggest improved story flow and visuals.
- OpenAI is rolling the beta out broadly to Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, Edu, Teachers and K-12 ChatGPT plans and is soliciting user feedback.
- The integration can draw on connected services such as Gmail, Outlook, SharePoint, Google Drive and Microsoft 365, which raises questions about how content is accessed, processed and stored for regulated industries.
- The move places ChatGPT directly inside a core Microsoft app, separates it from Microsoft’s Copilot product, tightens competition with rivals like Anthropic, and could accelerate adoption of AI tools if firms set clear data‑governance controls.