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Microsoft is reinventing software development for its Power Platform, including Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word, with AI-powered no-code development and adding new features like Copilot. At an event on Thursday (local time), the company announced that Microsoft 365 users will soon be able to use what the company calls an AI "copilot," Microsoft said in a statement. Also Read: How ChatGPT Sparked a Generative AI Race Between Google and Microsoft
"Creators now have a live co-pilot in the studio who helps build solutions and provides suggestions for improvements. To build an app, flow or bot, you can describe it in natural language and the co-pilot can create it in seconds. It's like this easy," the statement said.
"Copilot in Power Apps makes it easy to keep data at the center of every app. Describe your app's purpose and a data table will be automatically generated for your app. With Copilot, creators can leverage natural language to fine-tune the app accordingly. with your needs Now anyone can build an app, and professional developers can save more time, too, by focusing on more complex code, components, and integrations. Learn more about Copilot in Power Apps,” he added.
Microsoft Power Platform said it has been delivering AI-powered development experiences for all developers since 2021.
Power Apps was one of the first products to use GPT commercially, and Express Design in Power Apps enabled manufacturers to automatically transform their Figma drawings, images, and documents into application user interfaces (UIs). This union of AI and low code is revolutionizing the way solutions are created and fundamentally transforming the way people work, collaborate and create.
In addition to Copilot and recent text creation with GPT template functionality in AI Builder and conversation enhancers in Power Virtual Agents ads, Microsoft is also announcing another set of AI-powered features in Microsoft Power Platform.
This includes optimizing the user experience with built-in GPT-compliant chatbots in Power Apps, which provide an in-app assistant. It also includes GPT-enabled data mining in Power Apps, allowing end users to intelligently interrogate their data for immediate, actionable insights.
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Microsoft's announcement comes a month after it brought similar AI-powered features to Bing and amid a new arms race in the tech industry to develop and deploy AI tools that can change the way people work, shop and create. Earlier this week, rival Google announced that it would also incorporate AI into its productivity tools, including Gmail, Sheets and Docs, CNN reported.
The news also comes two days after OpenAI, the company behind Microsoft's artificial intelligence technology and creator of ChatGPT, unveiled its next-generation model, GPT-4. The update wowed many users during early testing and a demonstration of the company's ability to write demands, pass standardized tests and create a functional website from a hand-drawn sketch, according to CNN. (ME TOO)
