AI is all about creating machines that can perform tasks that would usually require human intelligence. It’s like making computers “think” and “learn” in a way that mimics us. Although it’s come to prominence in the last year or so thanks to ChatGPT, it’s been in active use for over a decade! From steaming recommendations, to language translation, to facial recognition and self-driving cars and even artwork – it’s difficult to see something that hasn’t been impacted by it in some way!
What these algorithms have learnt is increasingly coming into the business world – as Microsoft Partner’s, we know Microsoft Word and PowerPoint use AI-powered features to enhance document creation, editing, and analysis in a tool called Copilot. Features include automatic grammar and spell checking and smart suggestions for writing and formatting– which are getting better all the time. Elsewhere, Microsoft Teams utilizes AI to enable features such as real-time language translation, background noise cancellation, and intelligent meeting scheduling – much like having your own assistant!
Outside of the usual Office productivity suite – Power BI is a flexible tool used for business reports, monitoring of quotas and KPI’s. Using AI Insights in Power BI evaluates information and can feed back good or bad sentiment in social media or reviews, or invoke Machine Learning models for predictions on the business. Although it may sound expensive, or out of reach for small businesses – you may well find that you already have it, though yet to take advantage of it. Do get in touch today to level up your business with AI.