AI case study

Addressing workforce shortages

by
BaptistCare
Context

BaptistCare, an Australian nonprofit supporting aging and vulnerable Australians, adopted Microsoft 365 Copilot to maximize efficiencies and empower staff. By integrating Copilot into their workflow, employees delegate manual tasks to the AI assistant, such as composing emails, summarizing information, and developing solutions in Power Apps.

Results

Employees who use Microsoft 365 Copilot save two to eight hours per week. IT team develops solutions in Power Apps in half the time. Azure Generative AI auto-classifies tickets, saving one minute per ticket, adding up to three months a year.

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Industry
Non-profit
Region
Oceania
Published
August 20, 2024
Agent type
Employee Agents
AI provider
Microsoft
ICE score
512
The ICE framework in this database provides a quick way to assess the feasibility and potential impact of AI use cases, with higher scores signaling more actionable opportunities.

Impact: Potential benefits to the business.

Confidence: Likelihood of achieving expected results.

Ease: Simplicity of implementation in terms of resources and time.

ICE Score: Calculated by multiplying the component scores.

Note:
Each score is AI-generated based on available data and should be viewed merely as a general guideline for deeper exploration of the use cases.
Impact
8
Confidence
8
Ease
8

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Kenya Red Cross Society

Non-profit
Use case
Expand mental health access
Context

Kenya Red Cross worked with Pathways Technologies to develop an AI-powered mental health chatbot called Chat Care using Azure AI services. The chatbot initiates conversations on mental health, suggests ways to help such as breathing exercises and in-person services, operates in English and Swahili, and is available 24/7. It expands the reach of mental health services without overstretching human counselors and helps overcome stigma.

Models/tools

British Heart Foundation

Non-profit
Use case
Increased employee productivity
Context

British Heart Foundation, Europe's largest funder of heart and circulatory disease research, is testing Microsoft 365 Copilot with about 300 employees. Staff are using the AI assistant to stay up to date on office communication, craft emails and documents, and search across the nonprofit’s tech platforms. They delegate tasks to Copilot, which helps them save time on routine tasks and focus on their mission.

Models/tools

Materiom

Non-profit
Data Agents
Quick win
Use case
Accelerating compostable material development
Context

Materiom, a startup researching zero-waste, bio-based alternatives to fossil-fuel-made products like plastics, is creating a gen AI tool that enables entrepreneurs to develop novel compostable materials with broad applications.

Models/tools
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Faster manga translation
Context

Orange uses Anthropic's Claude to automate manga translation, combining translation agent models with inpainting technology and direct image input to handle visual elements, streamlining localization and allowing translators to focus on nuance.

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3
Use case
Efficient customer support interactions
Context

Uber uses OpenAI's ChatGPT Enterprise to enhance customer support by providing AI assistants that offer empathetic and efficient responses, automate investigations, and augment human agent capabilities. The AI also helps personalize and optimize interactions across their multi-sided platform.

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Efficient customer service
Context

Amazon uses Claude to power their AI-driven customer service assistant, Amazon Q in Connect, which serves agents and end-customers. It provides real-time AI assistance to agents handling complex cases and offers end-customers instant, personalized self-service options.

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Faster customer issue resolution
Context

Vodafone uses Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Copilot, and Azure AI Search to enhance their virtual assistant TOBi and develop SuperAgent to assist customer service agents. TOBi uses conversational AI to handle customer inquiries, while SuperAgent helps agents solve complex problems faster.

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Faster medical report generation
Context

Medigold Health, a UK occupational health provider, used Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to automate medical report generation, reducing the time clinicians spend on paperwork. By integrating Azure OpenAI Service with Azure App Service, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure SQL Database, they developed an AI application that generates reports from clinicians' consultation notes in about 15 seconds, allowing clinicians to focus more on patient care.

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Faster writing of appeal letters
Context

Acentra Health developed MedScribe, a web app that uses Azure OpenAI Service to generate draft letters responding to healthcare service appeals.

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Real-time whale detection
Context

The University of Sydney uses Claude Opus from Anthropic to analyze vast amounts of acoustic data in real time for whale conservation. By transforming underwater sound recordings into spectrograms and using Claude's advanced visual recognition capabilities, they achieved 89.4% accuracy in detecting minke whales, compared to 76.5% with traditional methods. This real-time analysis replaces manual processes that took weeks, allowing conservation teams to act when and where it matters most.

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Efficient edge AI deployment
Context

Coles uses Azure Stack HCI and Azure Machine Learning to build an intelligent edge backbone, improving management of applications and AI/computer vision use cases across 500+ stores.

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2
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Simplifying data access
Context

Xavier College implemented Microsoft Dynamics 365 and AI tools like Azure OpenAI and Cognitive Services to consolidate data, streamline processes, and enhance productivity. They migrated all student and staff data onto Microsoft Azure, built user portals with Dynamics 365, and used AI to automate digitizing paper records.

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