Today's Practical AI Lesson: PowerPoint Edition — Let Me Count the Ways

I found seven (!!!) different ways to create PowerPoint presentations using Copilot. Yes seven, and yes they all created different outputs.

Two live inside PowerPoint itself. Five can be found/created inside Copilot on the Web. The outputs ranged from unusable to what I will officially rate as “not bad.” The best results inside the PowerPoint app itself came from using “New Slide with Copilot” button in the toolbar (pictured below). The worst output across all seven options came from clicking the Copilot icon on the toolbar in PowerPoint and asking for a full presentation in the chat window sidebar, weird, right?

The very best results came from a new PowerPoint agent currently in beta. If you have early access, go to the web version of Copilot, click Frontier (left side , and look for PowerPoint Presentation. You need the paid version of Copilot and may need to speak to your O365 administrator to turn this on. This Powerpoint agent asked clarifying questions, planned the structure, and only then generated slides. Same prompt. Same underlying AI. Completely different outcomes.

This is why giving teams Copilot licenses does not automatically improve processes. Interface choices matter. Planning matters. Training matters.

If you want to go deeper into how to actually use Copilot in real workflows, join me on February 27th for my all-day Copilot program with Fisher College of Business Executive Education program where we dive into this and more!!

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The Future Is a Browser That Is the AI

Google is never selling Chrome voluntarily. It is the front door to the internet for more than 3 billion people. It keeps Google’s search dominance locked in. It feeds Google’s AI ambitions. Regulators might force them to sell, but that fight will take years in court.

So why is Perplexity throwing $34.5 billion on the table right now? Because the future of AI is not an app you visit. The future is a browser that is the AI.

The Shift Nobody’s Talking About

Right now, AI is still a destination. You open ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity. You type a prompt. You get an answer. That will not last. Soon your browser will greet you with AI the second you open it. No search bar. No Google.com. Just “What do you need?” and results tailored before you even think to search.

Think about what that means. Websites start to feel secondary. Your AI assistant becomes the interface, the filter, and the gatekeeper. Whoever owns that layer owns you as a user.

Why Chrome Is the Crown Jewel

• The data: Every click, search, and habit feeds your AI.
• The market: You decide which AI gets top billing.
• The money: Ads, subscriptions, purchases, all routed through you.

That is why Chrome is worth more to Perplexity than to almost anyone else. It is not just about traffic. It is about instantly putting its AI in front of billions without fighting for downloads or clicks.

What Happens If They Pull It Off

If Perplexity somehow takes Chrome, it jumps from challenger to default overnight. It skips years of brand building. It bypasses Google’s moat. And it forces every other AI company to fight for a space inside its browser.

The bid is a long shot. But the playbook is crystal clear. In the next phase of the AI race, you will not go to a website to use AI. You will open your browser and your browser will already be AI.

The next killer AI app will not be a website. It will be your browser.