How AI is already in your work tools

If your organization uses Microsoft or Google, you already have AI built into the apps you use every day. You just haven't turned it on yet. Microsoft Copilot is inside Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel. Google Gemini is inside Gmail, Docs, and Drive.

This video shows exactly what each one can do and how to start using them today. Most people assume AI tools are something separate they need to sign up for. They're not.

Copilot can summarize a long email thread in Outlook before you reply, transcribe and pull action items from a Teams meeting automatically, draft a first version of a document in Word, and explain or improve formulas in Excel. Gemini can catch you up on a Gmail thread, make a section of a Doc more concise or persuasive, and summarize a Drive file without you even opening it.

These tools allow you to stop tab-switching and start to work with AI inside whatever you're already doing.

This video also covers the three most common mistakes: assuming these features aren't available, using them only for writing, and expecting perfection on the first try.

What this video covers:

1. What Microsoft Copilot can do inside Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel
2. What Google Gemini can do inside Gmail, Docs, and Drive
3. Why you don't need to open a new app or sign up for anything new
4. Three common mistakes: assuming it's not available, only using it for writing, expecting perfection immediately
5. A simple exercise: pick one app you use daily and try one AI task this week
   
   Videos by Sammy Goldstein and Bridget Griswold.