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December 18, 2025
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AI transformation in financial services: 5 predictors for success in 2026 

Financial services businesses are busily adopting agentic AI, with Frontier Firms leading transformation. Here are five critical predictors of success that will differentiate the leaders in 2026.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: Pages, Python in Excel, and agents 

We are introducing Wave 2 of Microsoft 365 Copilot innovation, with three key updates. From enterprises to small businesses, they help Copilot get better every day. Nearly 1,000 customers have given us direct feedback on Copilot, and we’ve made more than 700 product updates based on that feedback.

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Product screen showing the Copilot Pages interface and collaboration between users in the Microsoft 365 Copilot web experience. The image background shows a dynamic visual of the Microsoft 365 app icons.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2: Pages, Python in Excel, and agents 

We are introducing Wave 2 of Microsoft 365 Copilot innovation, with three key updates. From enterprises to small businesses, they help Copilot get better every day. Nearly 1,000 customers have given us direct feedback on Copilot, and we’ve made more than 700 product updates based on that feedback.

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Microsoft announces the best performing logical qubits on record and will provide priority access to reliable quantum hardware in Azure Quantum 

At Microsoft, we’re ushering in a new era of computing on the path to unlocking scientific advantage and tackling some of the world’s most pressing challenges. This is why we’re building Azure Quantum — to create the first platform for reliable quantum computing and achieve the vision of quantum at scale.

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Measurement is the key to helping keep AI on track  

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How BlackRock’s ‘flight crew’ helped Copilot for Microsoft 365 take off 

Category: Digital Transformation September 9, 2024 How BlackRock’s ‘flight crew’ helped Copilot for Microsoft 365 take off By Bill Briggs <!– Tags: –> AI Customers For months, Anthony Diaz-Matos led BlackRock’s deployment of Copilot for Microsoft 365. He tracked internal feedback on its performance.

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Smart ways students are using AI 

Category: AI Smart ways students are using AI By Susanna Ray August 29, 2024 Honors student James Evans often will ask Microsoft Copilot for “a summary that’s a little more understandable and readable” for confusing text — a complex paragraph about a tax issue, for example — as he studies for his business degree.

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