AI may be a topical conversation, but it is proving to be an invaluable time saver and productivity enhancer, writes Ellouise Langeveld, senior specialist: solutions at Altron Karabina. In 2023, Microsoft introduced Copilot to a select group of organisations and teams to assess how well the technology reduced their ‘digital debt’ and delivered on their daily productivity and time-saving requirements.
The findings were clear – 70% were more productive, 29% were faster overall in a series of tasks, 77% didn’t want to stop using it and users were nearly four times faster than usual when catching up with meetings they’d missed. In short, the platform’s productivity gains are proven. It’s a narrative that continues as more companies adopt the artificial intelligence (AI) solution that has now been rolled out across all Microsoft 365 platforms making it accessible to small and medium-sized businesses alongside larger enterprise