Overview
This article includes apps we already use at SVSU that have AI-Powered Features that can help you get your work done faster and be more productive using Generative AI.
Adobe
| Firefly
A list of Generative AI features that are integrated into various Adobe products listed below.
| Express
| Photoshop
| Illustrator
Use Text to Vector Graphic or Generative Recolor in Adobe Illustrator
Text to Vector Graphic - AI vector generator - Adobe Illustrator
Microsoft 365 apps
Intelligent applications from Microsoft
| PowerPoint
| Excel
New Features of Excel and it’s AI Integration in 2024 - Technology Org
- Data from a Picture: AI reads data from a photo of a table and inserts it into cells, saving you manual entry time.
- Analyze Data: Uses natural language queries to personalize and showcase data in formats like PivotTables and charts. Learn more: Analyze Data in Excel - Microsoft Support
| Outlook
- Email reading (mobile device): Prioritizes important emails, reads them aloud, and suggests quick replies.
- Scheduler: Recommends meeting times and uses AI to read invitees' availability on their calendars.
- Email Draft Syncing: Syncs drafts across devices and auto-saves and offers content suggestions.
Viva Insights
Private and visble only to you. Bookmark or log in at Viva Insights (cloud.microsoft)
- Analyzes work habits and provides personalized focus time tips. Insights is private and excludes identifiable information.
- Viva Insights tracks email and file open rates sent to at least five people. Data is available 30 minutes after being sent and will be tracked for up to 14 days. Note: The data shown displays the overall open rate percentage based on the number of recipients in the email.
Microsoft Editor (AI writing assistant)
Editor is available in Microsoft 365 apps within the desktop or web app, as an extension in your Google Chrome or Edge browser. Add Editor from the Extensions inside of Edge settings.
Microsoft Editor is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps you with Outlook and Word documents supports up to 20 languages. Microsoft Editor suggests tone improvements, text prediction, clarity, conciseness, and more. Editor even allows a personal dictionary and specific controls.
Copilot (Your AI Companion)
Free Chat GPT 4o with your SVSU account, up to 30 chats.
Located in the sidebar (upper-right). CoPilot is the free version of ChatGPT 4o. CoPilot is secure and does not identify you in any way. CoPilot is a Generative AI developed by Microsoft, and it is available for personal and enterprise Microsoft accounts. The free integration into the Microsoft Edge browser allows up to 30 chats; the chat history is saved, but you can delete it anytime. Use Copilot in Edge for outlines, emails, and scripts, etc. Copilot helps you get started and saves time.
Microsoft Edge (AI Powered Browser)
Copilot | Microsoft Edge is an AI Powered Browser, Edge is supported in Microsoft 365 online apps, Canvas, Echo360, and other SVSU supported apps.
- Copilot AI: Located in the right Sidebar described above.
- AI Search: When you search a word a or phrase AI suggests related matches, even if its misspelled when typing in your query. You’ll see suggested links that you can select. Select text right click to read aloud or Ask CoPilot.
- Read aloud with AI: Use read aloud and focus on other tasks without being glued to your screen. You can choose from different voices and accents and pace read to you.
- Text prediction with AI: AI predicts what you are going to write next saves times on your writing. Can it misinterpret? Yes, just keep typing and AI text will keep working.
- Editor: Your AI writing assistant, described above.
- Translate with AI: Select your preferred language with over 70 languages to choose from.
- Auto-named tab groups: From your open tab create a group and AI will automatically name it.
- Sidebar extras: Not AI, but handy quick access to your email and Teams chat panel.
- Collections (Not AI but love this feature!!!): Organize pages, ideas, notes, pick up where you left off without searching for that article, video, account login, and even share or export a Collection to Word. Collections will sync across your signed in devices saving you time. Collections is similar to bookmarks in your browser but better! Organize your ideas with Collections in Microsoft Edge - Microsoft Support
Note: Any AI feature that you don’t want enabled you can turn off in the setting of the browser via the three dots.
Google Gemini
Available with your personal and small business Gmail account. It is a freemium app. Powered by PaLM2 (Pathways Language Model). https://gemini.google.com/ Gemini is more visual than ChatGPT (data driven).
| Getting started with Gemini and ChatGPT
| How to use Google Gemini