The integration of artificial intelligence into the most widely used IT software in offices around the world will allow exceptional features for those who use computers in their work, such as the ability to create a summary of a video meeting with a single click.

Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook...) and its competitor Google (Google Docs, Gmail...) announced in mid-March that they would incorporate artificial intelligence technology into their information programs that they use. companies, and that "in a few months." The two companies announced the start of the trial phase.

And the number of studies is increasing to predict the significant impact that artificial intelligence will have on the business world, with hundreds of millions of jobs being damaged or even replaced.

"Different activities in all fields will be affected" by AI, says Nicolas Gaudime, an artificial intelligence specialist at One Point.

A recent study by Goldman Sachs indicates that about two-thirds of existing jobs in the world may become automated to varying degrees, while generative artificial intelligence (which creates content) will replace about a quarter of tasks.

Through extrapolation, the bank concluded that generative AI could automate the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs. Administrative and legal jobs will be the most affected. On the other hand, however, generative artificial intelligence will contribute to creating new job opportunities and modern professions.

And being one of the factors for increasing productivity, “artificial intelligence may contribute in the long run to raising the global gross domestic product annually by 7%,” according to the bank.

Demonstrative videos from Microsoft and Google show what integrating artificial intelligence into their programs can provide, such as data analysis in Excel, pre-formatted emails, mailbox management, and other vast possibilities.

One of the main changes is that the user will be able to formulate their requests in simple language, without having to master the complex details of the programs.

And the pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence in France, Françoise Soulier-Voglman, confirms, during a seminar recently organized by “France Digital”, which she refers to as the first consortium of startups in Europe, that “the interface (the point of interaction between more than one component) represents a revolution” in this field.

“Once you use these tools, it will be difficult to replace them,” says Nicolas Gaudemier. “We will be able to complete additional tasks more quickly, such as looking through summary texts instead of reading entire documents. Companies that do not use them quickly will not make progress.”

"We have to help our companies grow with AI, or they won't survive," says Soulier-Fogelman. "Should we completely trust this technology? No! We should use it."

The integration of artificial intelligence into computer programs will be a win for Microsoft and Google, who will sell the new service for high sums. But companies will have to face additional challenges.

Within companies that are starting to use AI, a third of employees say the technology has automated a range of tasks, but half say it has created new ones, a survey of 5,000 employees and 2,000 companies in Europe by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development shows. and the United States, published March 23. Three-quarters of AI users say that this technology has accelerated their business.

And while 80% of users confirm that AI has improved their performance at work, 14% to 19% are very worried about losing their jobs or that AI will reduce their salaries.

57% of employees want AI to be banned in layoff decisions, while 40% want it banned in hiring procedures. Half of them fear that artificial intelligence applications in the companies they work in will collect information about them or their way of working, while they feel that they are under increasing pressure regarding their performance.