From leveraging AI in its productivity suite to exploring the possibilities of techno-humanism, Microsoft continues venturing into the AI era as it embraces its power in its products and services.
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The Azure Cognitive Service which has been in preview since last year has finally become generally available, bringing additional features such as an updated SDK and new translator languages as well.
Not only have Microsoft's Bot Framework and Service been updated, but new AI functionality and language capabilities have been introduced for apps that leverage Azure Cognitive Services as well.
Genesys Engage is a new Azure service aimed at delivering a better experience for contact centers and their customers. Microsoft and Genesys say that it will become available later this year.
Part of Azure Cognitive Services, Form Recognizer was introduced earlier this year. The service has now been updated to include support for handwritten and mixed-mode document extraction.
In a blog post today, Microsoft has explored its usage of AI in helping the agricultural industry. The tech giant has highlighted various applications and initiatives for this purpose.
Read My World is the latest Microsoft Garage project; it enables users to take photos of objects and documents using their phone cameras, and then learn their spellings and pronunciations.
Ahead of its Build 2019 developer conference today, Microsoft announced a range of AI and machine leanring services for Azure, including updates to Cognitive Services, AI in Azure Search, and more.
Microsoft today announced Cortana Skills Kit for Enterprise, a way for developers to create, test and deploy company-specific Cortana skills to enhance productivity, powered by the Azure Bot Service.
Microsoft's facial recognition technology has received new improvements, with error rates reduced by up to 20 times for men and women with darker skin and nine times for all women.
After having been one of the most popularly voted upon ideas for Flow, Microsoft has introduced Team flows in preview form for Office 365 users along with Gmail connectivity and custom API sharing.
