Automation Buzz #10 - Exploring the latest news on UiPath, Salesforce Einstein, Microsoft Phi-3, Vasa-1, retail automation & more.

Welcome to the 10th edition of our newsletter! What's inside our latest edition? Let's dive in! ?

1. Top news & trends bites; ??

#1. UiPath Named a Leader for Second Consecutive Year in the Everest Group Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) Products 2024.

• Our partner, UiPath has secured its leadership position in Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) for the second consecutive year in the Everest Group IDP Products PEAK Matrix Assessment 2024, reaffirming its dominance in terms of vision, capabilities and market impact.?
• Recent advances include the introduction of UiPath LLMs, Active Learning, GenAI connectors and industry-specific IDP offerings, underscoring UiPath's commitment to innovation and meeting diverse business needs.

#2.?Salesforce Einstein Copilot brings new insights and actions to enterprise generative AI.

• Salesforce Einstein Copilot, now available for general use, introduces new Einstein Copilot actions to empower sales teams with advanced generative artificial intelligence capabilities.?
• Specifically, it enables users to request complex tasks such as identifying optimal sales opportunities and executing multi-step workflows and provides actionable insights through Copilot Analytics.

#3.?Microsoft introduces Phi-3: advanced AI for businesses at a low cost.

• Microsoft has announced the release of Phi-3, a compact but powerful 3 billion parameter language model that offers advanced reasoning similar to larger models such as GPT-3.5, but at a lower cost.
• Developed by Microsoft Research, Phi-3 enables businesses to leverage state-of-the-art natural language processing and reasoning on Azure AI, fostering cost-effective AI adoption.

#4.?Microsoft Unveiled Vasa-1, an AI framework that brings human headshots to life.

• Speaking of Microsoft, the company unveiled VASA-1, an artificial intelligence framework capable of turning static human captures into videos that speak and sing with minimal data, which is a significant advance in artificial intelligence-generated content.

• Using just a single headshot and an audio file, VASA-1 can animate the face, synchronizing movements and lip expressions, though Microsoft stresses that this is a research demo with no plans for a market release due to deepfake risks.

#5.?Salesforce consolidates Mulesoft with IDP tool.

• Salesforce is boosting its Mulesoft platform with new AI tools, including the Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) tool, designed to automate the extraction of data from documents such as PDFs and images.?
• IDP integrates with the Anypoint platform and automation solutions, facilitating streamlined data integration tasks, and is expected to become generally available by the end of April. (Salesforce strengthens Mulesoft with AI tools to extract data, automate workflows (venturebeat.com)

#6. Will working from home no longer be an option? Dell tells remote workers they won't be eligible for promotion.

More and more companies are adopting a tough policy on return-to-office mandates.?

Starting in May, Dell employees who work fully remotely will no longer be eligible for promotions, marking a significant shift from Dell's previous support for remote work. This policy change also requires remote workers who wish to advance their careers to transition to a hybrid work model, coming into the office at least three times a week.

We did a survey in our Linkedln community, and it seems that mostly people would be unhappy about going back to the office (66%) and only 11% of respondents would like the idea.

More news in brief:

• Microsoft launches an AI Hub in London.
• Microsoft and OpenAI plan $100 bilion data center project.
• Adobe has released an AI assistant to read PDFs in Acrobat. It can answer questions, find information, summarize and quote content from the document.
• The ChatGPT team explains how ChatGPT works.

2.?News bites for developers.???

• Power Apps Feature Update - Summary March 2024.
• Want to start learning Microsoft Copilot 365, but don't know where to begin? Anders Jensen has just released a course with over 100 practical lessons.

Some ways the manufacturing industry can benefit from automation. ??

In manufacturing, automation is increasingly present and is not just limited to robots on assembly lines. Here are some of the main processes that can be automated:

1) Decision automation: The entire process of product development, source management and reporting can be automated, integrating external data and delivering automated decision flows.

2) Quality assurance and machine monitoring: Using AI, quality assurance can be improved by identifying defects in real time on assembly lines.

3) Price cycle management: Automation can optimise price adjustment processes based on market changes and customer data analysis.

4) Improve productivity and quality: Integrating modern sensors and robots enables data collection and analysis to optimise production and improve product quality.

5) Standardize processes: Automation can standardize processes and make data more accessible for decision-making, which helps reduce inefficiencies and product defects.

?? Here you can see some of the processes we have implemented in the Retail and Manufacturing Industry. From inventory, order, customer & document management solutions to QA applications and digital AI assistants,?we cover it all.

What have we done lately?

Over 7000 hours saved and over 13 processes automated for Kruk Romania and successful results in digital automation for Kruk Spain. We don't say it, our partners do:

• ”Thank you BeeDigital for a fantastic 3 years of partnership! Throughout these years we have had a lot of challenges regarding the developments of our processes with RPA technology, but each time we found together the best solutions to finish what we started. Your team`s been a pleasure to work with – great communication, flexibility and expertise. Together, we`ve developed over 13 impactful RPA processes, leading to almost 7000 hours saved from manual work. Here`s to many more successful collaborations!” - Kruk Romania
• ”We started working with BeeDigital just over a year ago. Their commitment and expertise have been apparent from the start, providing us with innovative solutions and exceptional support. For KRUK Espa?a, digital transformation is key, and BeeDigital has been a reliable and dedicated partner on this journey. We are delighted with the results!” - Kruk Spania

3. Bee's Eye View?- #BeeBoops summaries. ??

• In the latest episode of BeeBoops, we show you how you can automate data extraction from invoices in various formats (scanned, PDF, handwritten). Get rid of this tedious work by requesting our solution and enjoy more time!

?? See here the entire process.

Why would you automate this process?

? Increased efficiency through automated processing;

? Reduced human errors and time required;

? Significant long-term cost savings;

? Fast and accurate access to invoice information;

? Optimized data management and reporting.

From past episodes ....

?? S3:E2 How can you generate automatically offer letters to candidates?

?? S3:E1 Automated data extraction from different types of CVs using Uipath &ChatGPT.

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