Microsoft AI Tool Turns a Business's Data Into Wikipedia-Like Snapshots

Announced at Microsoft's annual Ignite conference in Orlando, Fla., the tool is the first major product launch for Microsoft 365 since Microsoft Teams, an enterprise collaboration tool announced in 2017. Microsoft 365 includes Office 365, a cloud-based suite of apps including Outlook, Word and PowerPoint; Windows 10; and Microsoft's security services for businesses. The tool uses AI models to comb through millions of data points that a business stores in Microsoft services, including those found in emails, documents and calendars. It then automatically generates "topic cards" about company projects, products, customers and internal experts. "It's a way to help [employees] get access to knowledge, enterprise and learning, within the context of their work," said Jeff Teper, corporate vice president of Microsoft Office 365.