Natalia Chi
Microsoft is bringing artificial intelligence tools to Office software such as Word, Excel, and Outlook Mail.
The company said Thursday that the new feature, dubbed Copilot, is a processing engine that allows users to summarize long emails, draft stories in Word, and animate slides in PowerPoint. rice field.
Microsoft touts this feature as a tool that can help employees be more productive by freeing up time they normally spend in their inbox, and by allowing them to more easily analyze trends in Excel.
The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant is also adding a chat feature called Business Chat, similar to the popular ChatGPT. User data is used to receive commands and perform actions, such as summarizing an email to a colleague about a particular project.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a statement:
Recruiters are using AI software to scan resumes and conduct virtual interviews. We spoke with leading experts in the field to assess the strengths and weaknesses of these innovative technologies.
Companies like Mattel and Instacart are also integrating generative AI tools like ChatGPT and image generator Dall-E to come up with new toy car ideas and answer customer food questions.
Microsoft rival Google announced this week that it will integrate generative AI tools into its own Workspace applications such as Google Docs, Gmail and Slides. Google says it will roll out the feature to trusted testers “on a rolling basis throughout the year.”
Microsoft spokesperson Jessica Dash said the new Office features are currently only available to 20 enterprise customers. We plan to roll it out to more enterprise customers in the coming months.
The announcement comes two days after OpenAI, which powers the generative AI technology Microsoft relies on, released its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-4.
