HI Roseanne. I ran across shortcut ai which works with both Excel and Google sheets. Maybe worth a look. tryshortcut.ai I'll have to try CoPilot in PowerBI as Noelle mentioned....they've had natural language running in there for a while....which may be what CoPilot is leveraging.

Here is the link in Github to the standard and other topics such as principles. https://github.com/coinbase/x402?tab=readme-ov-file#principals How would something like this affect your business/monetization strategies? How do you believe CISO's and Finance would react?

Upon reviewing the standard and current outlined schemes of x402 (e.g. charging a fixed fee for running a process (e.g. delivering a document, or a fee to run an agentic AI service and return some type of output decision)...one thing is glaring...the current standard implementation ignores the topic of Taxes (calculating, assess, and remitting). Providing services (SaaS, running an agentic agent, etc) may be all subject to taxes (Digital VAT on SaaS platforms). For Tax calculations you need to Know the location of your customer (also missing from the spec) or "NEXUS", and often the location of the processing. The US alone has 12,000 unique tax jurisdictions for common good and services (this is why companies like AVALARA have a business). In the rest of the world, Digital VAT (Value Added Tax) or similar taxes like GST (Goods and Services Tax) are consumption taxes that apply to the sale of digital services, including Software as a Service (SaaS), in over 110 countries worldwide. These taxes are generally levied in the country where the customer resides, not where the business is located. They must be calculated, collected and remitted...and often broken out for all parties. How have your accounting experts suggested you calculate taxes on your Agentic AI agents or MCP connected Services? X402 as is....looks to be a very simple method (in its current implementation) to facilitate payments (using Crypto) without addressing tax obligation requirements, KYC or knowing your customer's Nexus (And your processing - where does an agentic agent really reside?). Taxes....have been around for thousands of years in various forms. I would envision the standard having to be expanded to include tax calculation in a legal/regulatory compliant deployment. The Dark Web participants would certainly find it relevant...as they are not typically calculating/remitting taxes - at this stage. Something to watch for sure.... I do see the use case for internal enterprise Cost Based IT tracking to be very relevant with the protocol at this stage....which might be helpful for CIO/Finance.

Personally....I've invested some time learning about electricity lately (anyone wire up a backup solar/battery combination to power their casa?). Another curious take on your topic was from an interview on Diary of a CEO of Geoffrey Hinton (well known AI founder) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giT0ytynSqg&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD . He recommended plumbing for instance....or rather the importance of adapting and acquiring skills that are complementary to the capabilities of artificial intelligence. Trades such as mechanical(HVAC), and electrical can do very well in our Southeastern US region.

What other tools is the community using to capture the information like Fathom? Comments/Thoughts?