Those that have been utilizing Copilot in Groups actively on chats and channels, have very seemingly hit this challenge when Copilot doesn’t appear to know when requested about messages in a particular time-frame that was additional in historical past. For instance, asking Copilot to summarize key motion objects from final week labored with out points, however asking that for one thing that was greater than a month in the past offered blended outcomes because it typically appeared to work and typically didn’t.
Actually, Copilot’s “sense of time” in chats and channels was restricted to the final 30 days of knowledge in Copilot in Groups chats and channels.
Earlier than this rollout, when customers requested Copilot about a very long time interval (similar to “Summarize the important thing motion objects from March”), Copilot was restricted to the final 30 days of knowledge.
Try M365 Admin Middle Message middle, with message id MC801583 and public roadmap.
Message middle states additionally different enhancements Copilot in Groups is getting: Enhancements to how Copilot in Groups understands and responds to time-related queries in chat and channels. With this rollout, Copilot will present extra exact and related responses to prompts similar to “yesterday,” “final week,” and “final month.”
How is this modification going to be seen in motion when utilizing Copilot in Groups? Message middle’s images there can be two key modifications:
- Improved sense of time
- Simplified timestamp for indicating the timeframe
This replace ought to roll out throughout this month (August 2024). Focused launch tenants might have already got it or get it quickly and normal availability can be rolling throughout mid-August to the tip of August. It will solely have an effect on individuals who has Copilot for Microsoft 365 -license. The replace can be affecting all shoppers: Desktop, Mac, New Groups Internet model and Groups cellular apps.
I wanted to do this one early summer time within the demo setting to see the affect of this modification. Utilizing Copilot facet panel for channel dialog thread in Groups.
The chats and channels Copilot offered a solution that included knowledge from December – January, however it the tip date was on the finish of Might. It was on the finish of Might, when the thread had the final messages. The reply contained solely info throughout December-January messages, so Copilot understood the timeframe already. The rationale for this can be that the dialog thread will not be too lengthy and thus could be included simply to the language mannequin. Nevertheless, the end result Copilot offered wasn’t absolutely full.
Doing the identical mid-August, we will see the timestamp has been simplified. This time the end result contains all messages and their key duties.