Microsoft on Tuesday is announcing a number of new cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools and capabilities through Azure OpenAI Government and Microsoft 365 Government services. This includes generative AI tools such as intelligent summarization of classified cloud workloads and meetings, content generation and summarization, and code. Semantic search using the FedRAMP certified system.
“Government customers are showing very strong demand for modern AI tools, especially what we call so-called AI tools. [Microsoft 365] First officer,” Microsoft Federal Vice President Candice Ring told FedScoop before the announcement.
“By announcing the roadmap, we are giving agencies advance notice of how they can be prepared to deploy the capabilities they want,” she added. “At the same time, for those who have not yet moved to the cloud, moving to the cloud is an important first step in building and considering governance of their data, allowing them to take full advantage of AI capabilities.” .”
Key AI services that Microsoft will deploy in the coming months include Azure OpenAI generated AI services for government, including GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4 models. Azure OpenAI service for classified workloads. Teams Premium with an intelligent overview of Microsoft 365 Government. Microsoft 365 Copilot update for government. Open Source LLM on Azure Government.
In a blog post shared exclusively with FedScoop published Tuesday, Microsoft cited the higher levels of security and compliance required by government agencies when handling sensitive data. “To help these agencies realize the full potential of AI, Microsoft will begin rolling out new AI capabilities and infrastructure solutions in both Azure commercial and Azure Government environments over the coming months. ” states the blog post.
The new Azure OpenAI service in Azure Government enables the latest generative AI capabilities, including GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4 models, for customers who require higher levels of compliance and isolation. This product is expected to be launched in the first quarter of 2024.
Microsoft will preview Azure OpenAI services this summer in an “air-gapped classification cloud for select national security customers.” The generative AI platform will be deployed in an isolated and confidential cloud environment, enabling national security leaders and operators to use critical AI capabilities to analyze sensitive data anytime, anywhere.
The tech giant's Teams premium service, featuring intelligent summarization of meetings, is expected to roll out to government users during spring 2024. Intelligent Summarization uses AI to help users summarize meeting content and focus on important elements through AI-generated meeting notes and tasks.
“That means each agency's needs will be different. But the theme we're hearing across the board is how do we deliver services to our citizens that can actually deliver meaningful outcomes? It's about whether we can transform into a better company,” Lin told FedScoop.
Ling added that consumers don't need to be advanced programmers or data scientists to use the system. “Anyone can ask questions about the data, and the information can be processed quickly. So now anyone can do it. And that could change the way agencies work, right?”
Microsoft 365 Copilot for government will also be rolled out in summer 2024, according to the blog post, which will “provide access to GCC's transformative AI assistant and enable comprehensive production for many government users.” Generative AI will be introduced to the sex suite.”
The Seattle-based company announced Tuesday that it has made its open source AI model Llama-2 accessible via the Azure Machine Learning catalog in Azure Government. The company recognizes that in addition to its own OpenAI models, “some mission requirements will benefit from smaller generative AI models.”
Microsoft's AI deployment builds on the June launch of its Azure OpenAI service for government, which allows federal agencies to use powerful language models within Azure Government, the company's cloud service for U.S. government agencies. Now you can run it.
Microsoft also received advanced authorization from FedRAMP in July, giving federal agencies that manage some of the government's most sensitive data access to powerful language models, including ChatGPT.
