Introduction to Azure AI Language - Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Azure AI Language is a managed service that empowers developers to create intelligent NLP applications. It offers a suite of state-of-the-art language models, including Z-Code++ and fine-tuned GPT, making it easier to build robust NLP solutions. Here are some key features:

Prebuilt and Custom Capabilities: Azure AI Language provides prebuilt and customizable NLP capabilities optimized for various scenarios, such as PII detection, summarization, text analytics, and conversational intent identification.

Unified API: You can access these capabilities through a unified API, simplifying integration without complex prompt engineering.

Resource Type: Azure AI Language now supports the new Azure AI service resource type, allowing you to access all Azure AI services (Language, Speech, Vision, etc.) from a single resource.

New Features and Enhancements

At Microsoft Build 2024, several exciting features were announced:

Unified Experience in Azure AI Studio: Azure AI Language is now available in Azure AI Studio. You can explore two new playgrounds: Summarization and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) detection. These tools infuse generative AI into your solutions.

Prompt Flow Integration: The prompt flow tooling streamlines AI application development in Azure AI Studio. It’s designed to enhance the entire development cycle.

Improved Prebuilt Features:

Summarization: Create concise summaries of documents or conversations.

PII Detection: Identify sensitive information in text.

Named Entity Recognition (NER): Extract entities like names, dates, and locations.

Enhanced Custom Features:

Conversational Language Understanding (CLU): Provides intent identification and entity extraction with higher quality across more regions.

Get Started

To build your NLP solution with Azure AI Language, follow these steps:

Explore Azure AI Studio: Try out the Summarization and PII detection playgrounds.

Leverage Prebuilt Capabilities: Use the unified API for features like summarization and NER.

Customize Your Solution: Experiment with CLU for conversational understanding.

Remember, language is at the core of human and artificial intelligence, and Azure AI Language makes it accessible and powerful.