Annual flagship conference ‘Ignite’ held in Chicago, USA
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(San Francisco = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Tae-jong = Microsoft (MS), which is leading the artificial intelligence (AI) craze along with ChatGPT developer OpenAI, announced on the 19th (local time) that it will “open the era of AI agents” and introduced new features. was revealed.
On this day, Microsoft held its largest annual flagship conference, ‘Ignite 2024’, in Chicago, USA, and introduced a large number of new AI agents, functions, and autonomous agents of Microsoft 365 Co-Pilot, an AI-based work assistant.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in the opening speech that day, “Co-Pilot is a UI (user interface) for AI, and in the future, all employees will have a co-pilot who knows them and understands how they work.” He said.
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MS, which brought innovation to everyday work methods with the PC operating system Windows before the 2000s, is now planning to lead another change in work methods by opening the era of AI agents in which AI handles work on its own.
On this day, MS unveiled a variety of AI agents, including an ‘interpretation agent’ that learns the user’s voice in real time during a video conference and translates it into 9 languages.
‘SharePoint Agent’, which easily locates specific sites, files, and folders, and ‘Employee Self-Service Agent’, which allows employees to apply for vacation and check salary and welfare information on their behalf, were also introduced.
MS announced that it will also release the function to build a customized ‘autonomous agent’ in ‘Co-Pilot Studio’ announced last month in preview form starting today.
‘CoPilot Studio’ is Microsoft’s AI-based platform that allows users to create and manage their own AI agents using MS’s AI model CoPilot.
Through this, users can build autonomous agents that handle complex tasks and streamline various tasks without having to enter prompts one by one.
You can also use the ‘Agent library’, which contains various agents, to build an agent that can perform repetitive tasks depending on the situation.
“Sometimes we mystify the effort it takes to build these agents, but our vision is to make them as simple as creating a Word document,” Nadella said.
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AI functions that are applied to software such as Excel and PowerPoint to solve simple repetitive tasks were also introduced.
In PowerPoint, ‘Narrative Builder’, which uses AI to pick out important points from a document and create slides with charts and animations, and in Excel, ‘New Start’ function that customizes visual elements such as titles and formulas has been added. .
The video conferencing work tool ‘Teams’ has added a function to record important discussions by analyzing charts, documents, and pictures on the screen shared by participants.
In addition, ‘Windows 365 Cloud Link’, a new PC that allows users to connect to cloud programs and files, was also introduced. This security-enhanced PC will be sold for $349 in select markets next April.
In addition, MS explained that it plans to install its own ‘Azure Integrated HSM’, a chip used in data centers, and ‘Azure Boost DPU’, a data processing unit (DPU).
‘Azure Integrated HSM’ is a chip aimed at strengthening security, and DPU is a chip that assists data input and output. So far, major cloud companies such as Amazon, MS, and Google have designed and used ARM-based low-power central processing units (CPUs) and AI accelerators.
They also introduced ‘HBv5’, a virtual machine that uses high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to divide one supercomputer into multiple virtual PCs. MS explained that ‘HBv5’ provides up to 8 times higher performance than competing services due to the application of HBM.
MS said, “About 70% of Fortune 500 companies are increasing productivity through MS 365 Co-Pilot,” and added, “We will open the era of AI agents by expanding customized AI agent experiences.”
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2024/11/20 04:46 Sent
Guest 1: Dr. Sarah Jones, Technology Analyst at ABC Corporation
Question 1: As a technology analyst, how do you perceive Microsoft’s latest announcement about the ‘CoPilot’ platform and the introduction of customizable AI agents? Do you think this move will revolutionize the way businesses operate?
Guest 2: Mr. John Kim, CEO of DEF Inc.
Question 2: As a business owner, how do you see the potential benefits of Microsoft’s AI-based work assistants like ‘CoPilot’ for your organization? In what ways do you think these tools could streamline workflows and improve productivity?
Guest 1: Dr. Sarah Jones
Question 3: What are some of the challenges that businesses might face when implementing AI agents? How can they ensure the security and privacy of sensitive data while leveraging these new technologies?
Guest 2: Mr. John Kim
Question 4: As Microsoft transitions from being a software company to an AI company, how do you think this might impact its competitors in the industry? Do you anticipate any further changes or expansions to their product offerings?
Guest 1: Dr. Sarah Jones
Question 5: In terms of potential drawbacks, there’s been concern about job losses due to automation. How concerned should businesses be about this aspect of AI adoption? What steps can they take to mitigate any negative impacts on their employees?
Guest 2: Mr. John Kim
Question 6: with the introduction of ‘SharePoint Agent’, ‘Employee Self-Service Agent’, and other AI-based tools, there is the possibility that employees may become more dependent on technology. How can businesses balance this potential dependence with maintaining a skilled and adaptable workforce?
