Microsoft pulled a preview Excel formula yesterday. OpenAI set a shutdown date for a Cyber model. DeepMind’s genome atlas from last week is still the biggest research story.
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Microsoft retires Excel =COPILOT
Microsoft retired the preview worksheet function =COPILOT as of September 14, 2026. The function is no longer available in Microsoft Excel. Workbooks with the formula keep cached results, but recalculation returns #NAME?. The Copilot pane in Excel remains. 1
OpenAI deprecates gpt-5.4-cyber
OpenAI posted a deprecation notice on September 11, 2026. The model gpt-5.4-cyber will be removed from the API on October 1, 2026. Users should migrate to gpt-5.6-cyber before the shutdown date. 2
AlphaGenome Atlas
Google DeepMind published the AlphaGenome Atlas on September 8, 2026. The atlas predicts the effect of every possible single-nucleotide variant in the human genome. The team reports nine billion single-letter changes and a one-petabyte dataset. The portal is open for exploration. 3
