Microsoft aims to reduce tedious business tasks with new AI tools

News Summary

  • Given the recent Bing Chat debacle, business owners might be reticent to hand over important business tasks to potentially unreliable AI systems.Microsoft says its CEO, Satya Nadella, will host an event on March 16 to discuss "reinventing productivity with AI."
  • Its updated Power Virtual Agent allows businesses to point an AI bot at a company website or knowledge base and then ask it questions, which it calls Conversation Booster.
  • While Microsoft recently announced AI updates for its Windows operating system, it has yet to do so for its Office productivity suite, which includes Word and Excel.
  • As software makers turn to generative AI assistants, will Clippy finally get the last laugh?
  • Benj Edwards - Mar 6, 2023 10:40 pm UTC On Monday, Microsoft bundled ChatGPT-style AI technology into its Power Platform developer tool and Dynamics 365, Reuters reports.
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