Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Spreadsheets are staples of business life. But — as with sausages and laws — it is harder to respect them if ...

Software King of the World Microsoft has announced details of its new "SpreadsheetLLM," claiming it has the "potential to transform spreadsheet data management and analysis." One issue with using LLMs ...

The rapid expansion of generative AI is changing the face of technology. For the first time, the words, images, and even videos appearing online may be the product not of humans but of a sophisticated ...

Spreadsheets, which are spreadsheets, are a demon for large-scale language models (LLMs), as they have elements such as vast tables, a wide variety of formatting, complex formulas and references.

Cutting corners: Spreadsheets are a staple of so many jobs and business fields that it is almost impossible to quantify their economic value. People adept with this tool are in high demand and often ...

IronCalc brings fast, Excel-compatible spreadsheets to your browser without locking you into Microsoft 365 or Google’s cloud.

Random number generation is an essential feature in Excel, allowing users to perform tasks such as simulations, creating test datasets, or experimenting with spreadsheet models. Excel provides three ...

Fifteen years ago, I logged my concerns about the limitations of Excel. Have we overcome these problems? Has the downside of spreadsheets been reduced? A deeper look sees progress in some areas - and ...