Copilot is probably the tool on which Microsoft is aiming more, so much so that he has not only included it in Windows 11but also integrated into all its services and decided to bring it in Windows 10 (here you will find what it is and how to activate it in Italy).
Why do we have to explain how to activate it in Italy? Why in Europe the tool is not accessible from the operating system, while from today it will be available to users Microsoft 365but only Enterprise ones (do you know how to create meetings on Teams?).
This was announced by the Redmond company itself, which also stated in the press release quantified the impact of his AI chatbot in the companies that have tested it, also revealing some interesting ones use cases.
Microsoft 365 Copilot: the features
Microsoft 365 Copilot it is an extremely versatile tool, which on the one hand integrates the AI chatbot in the company’s office suite, i.e. in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, to increase creativity, skills and productivity.
On the other hand it implements a completely new solution called Microsoft 365 Chata solution that combines the large language model (LLM), le app of Microsoft 365 ei data (which are recovered from the calendar, emails, chats, documents, meetings and contacts) to perform previously unthinkable operations.
The impact of generative AI on businesses
Even if present in companies from a few monthssecond Microsoft artificial intelligence has completely changed the working scenario.
From the data of Work Trend Index and first use cases in Italy, emerges as the 70% of users of Copilot said it had increased its own productivityThe 68% stated that Copilot has improved the quality of their work and 57% say they are able to be more creative.
And if for the 29% of those interviewed increased speed in carrying out specific tasks (research, writing and synthesis), 64% declared that thanks to this tool save time when reading and disposing of emails, 75% optimize the time spent searching for information and documents, and 86% say they are able to recover what they have lost more quickly.
But the most important data concerns those who declare don’t want to give it up anymorewell the 77% of users.
Looking instead to the future, thanks to research carried out in collaboration with The European House – Ambrosettithe company calculated that pervasive adoption of generative AI can produce, for the same number of hours worked, up to 312 billion euros of annual added value, equal to 18% of Italian GDP.
According to the study, AI can bring advantages in all sectors, even if those are currently the most mature ones financial, The manufacturing and the healthcare. It is estimated that generative AI can unleash a total of 5.4 billion of hours, which can be dedicated to other more strategic and valuable activities, and its economic potential, second McKinsey, is estimated among 2,600 and 4,400 billion dollars per year, i.e. the GDP of a country like the United Kingdom.
But it’s not just good news: the research shows that more than 1 company in 2 (52%) considers the risk on privacy protection38% are worried about ethical implications And social related to the use of this technology.
Together, these fears can slow down its spread, and for this reason the CEO of Microsoft Italy Vincenzo Esposito explains how the Redmond house is close to companies to guarantee “effective, safe and responsible use of generative AI” in order to allow “generate unprecedented opportunities and benefits“.
In this context, Microsoft has renovated therefore one’s commitment to promoting one safe development And transparent and responsible adoption of generative AI, strengthening measures to build safe AI systems and manage their risks.
A2A, Iveco and the others: use cases
In its report, Microsoft also reports some use cases in the Italian companies that have experimented in recent months Microsoft 365 Copilot.
The CEO Renato Mazzoncini of A2Aone of the largest operators in the energy sector, reported how the tool has improved the productivity and the inclusion of its employees, while CNH Industrialwhich works in agriculture and construction, used Copilot in the suite Microsoft Officeoffering employees the opportunity to support them in generate automatically contents starting from short inputs or requests.
The project, which involved 100 employees, led to a significant improvement productivity and quality of the content produced.
Iveco Groupa global leader in the automotive industry, is bringing Copilot to employees as support tool to work activities, leaving the centrality of the creative role to people, while MAIRE, group that works in the energy transition, has found improvements in quality, in the speed and in the ease of drafting documents.
Nexi, the leading PayTech in Europe has used Copilot focusing everything on the possibility of unleashing human potential, delegating repetitive tasks to AI to focus on creativity and strategy.
Finally, Saipem, a global leader in the construction of large projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors, is testing the potential of Copilot’s artificial intelligence applied to various areas: contracts and the legal supportthe maintenance of their own installations and ships and supply chain management.
