10 Incredible Tasks for Copilot

While Microsoft Copilot is now a familiar tool to early adopters, millions of professionals are still adjusting to the idea of an AI wizard who can summarize hour-long meetings into a list of three action items.

To demonstrate what Copilot can do, here are 10 common tasks that more and more professionals are delegating to this platform.

While it can seem unnerving, Copilot is ultimately a tool that can help you reduce busy work and focus on the activities that you truly find motivating. Familiarity with tools like Copilot is also increasingly vital for living up to your professional potential.

As Harvard Business School professor Karim Lakhani observed:

AI is not going to replace humans, but humans with AI are going to replace humans without AI."

1.  Produce presentations faster

"Add a slide on the history of the Potawatomi people."

2.  Summarize emails, meetings, long documents, and websites

"Summarize this recording/email/white paper. Point out key points and action items."

3.  Repurpose content

"Create a press release based on this report."

4.  Schedule meetings

"Find a time next Friday to meet with Paul and Emily. 30 minutes. Schedule in our calendars."

5.  Analyze data and create pivot charts

"Review these Q1 figures from the last five years. Project which products will be in the top three for 2025."

6.  Streamline research

"I am writing a report on EV trends in Texas. Find industry reports from the last 18 months I can use."

7.  Use animation

"Animate all slides in this PowerPoint so that each slide dissolves when you click."

8.  Proofread documents

"Proofread this RFP. Note any spelling or grammatical errors in bold for my review."

9.  Problem-solve

"[Describe problem]. Apply Six Sigma principles to this problem and list five potential solutions."

10.  Create images

"Make an image of robots dancing to country music."