10 Windows 11 AI Features You Can Use Today

Here are five tech events that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?

1-10 Windows 11 AI Features You Can Use Today.

Windows Users – Computerworld has listed 11 AI-based tools that can be used right now. A few include:

-Paint Cocreator – its AI tool, “DALL-E”, can be prompted to create a range of images based on user input.

-Smart App Control is another new feature that is still being discovered by users. This AI tool will inspect and notify users which applications are safe to use on the operating system.

-CoPilot – the best known on the list based on reviews from various sources – is the AI ​​assistant programmed to chat, search and retrieve data, and works in tandem with Microsoft 365 to increase productivity.

(Source: Computer world)

Why it matters to your business:

I’m waiting to upgrade to Windows 11 only because my Windows 10 laptop works fine, so… you know… if it’s not broken, right? But at some point I will replace with a Windows 11 device and maybe you are already doing the same thing. The tools mentioned in the article above will help you and your employees be more productive with the operating system. Me too finally.

2 – The 17 best productivity features in Microsoft Teams.

Used by over 300 million people, Microsoft Teams is a popular productivity tool for businesses. UC Today has listed 17 comprehensive features and their value for productivity, including:

-Meet App – a tool for team members to stay on schedule for meetings, debriefs and catch-ups. Content can be shared via SharePoint before a scheduled meeting.

-Personalized notifications send updates and alerts to selected team members – each user can choose the type of content they want to receive.

-Live Translations and Transcriptions – a very useful tool that allows members to translate presentations in over 30 languages ​​while being able to translate them in real time.

(Source: Unified communications today)

Why it matters to your business:

We’re just striping the service of features available in Teams and other Office products that we don’t use. The best thing you can do is hire a Microsoft consultant for a few hours to review your use of your Office products, make recommendations, and complete training.

3-41% of restaurants plan to invest in AI sales forecasting and planning in 2024.

Restaurant365 – a cloud-based software provider – surveyed more than 5,000 restaurants across the country, including a variety of establishments (fast food, fine dining). The survey reveals that by 2024, investments in AI systems (software, marketing tools, accounting) will increase, with half of respondents saying “business intelligence and analytics” will be a priority. (Source: Restaurant Technology News)

Why it matters to your business:

The restaurant industry is one of the areas where AI is expected to grow significantly in the near term. If you are in this industry, you should rely on the AI ​​tools provided by your software vendors. Schedule demos at the beginning of the year.

4 – Best Small Business Accounting Software in 2023.

CNN has compiled its list of the best small business accounting software for 2023. Among them:

-Zoho is their choice among “best for small business” users due to the availability of free features (billing, expense tracking, account sync, etc.).

-FreshBooks is their choice for “freelancers and sole proprietors” for the software’s clear interface and automated invoicing, payment, and accounting features that offer monthly financial reports.

-Xero is their choice for “best unlimited users” and has a low monthly fee of $15 for the basic plan – which supports unlimited users. CNN highlighted this as a standout feature of Xero, unique among “the majority of providers on this list.”

(Source: CNN.com)

Why it matters to your business:

This is an interesting list with many choices to consider this year for small and medium-sized businesses.

5 – Creative ways companies used AI in advertising in 2023.

Digiday’s Marty Swant reported on the different ways companies are using artificial intelligence for advertising. (Source: Digiday)

Why it matters to your business:

One example is Johannes Thomas, CEO of technology company Trivago, who describes how AI allowed them to save advertising costs by using a single campaign instead of several. With markets in multiple countries, the company had previously hired multiple actors for the ads to reach an audience in those locations. For their most recent campaign, Thomas explained how they hired an actor and used AI to reproduce the actor’s voice (and translate the script) into several different languages ​​for each market. “We can now have the character say different things very easily without replicating them… we can adapt the scripts for different audiences… and offer them to dozens of markets and scale them very quickly. »