An AI cleanup suggestion crashed Excel and my unsaved work was lost

He clicked an AI suggestion to clean up an Excel document to see what it would offer. Excel crashed at once, and his unsaved documents could not be recovered.

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How it works

Clicks an AI suggestion to clean up an Excel document
Excel crashes at once
Unsaved documents are left unrecoverable

Why it’s worth knowing

One click on a cleanup suggestion took Excel down and took his unsaved work with it.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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