USDA · USDA-098 · record R1396
Axon+ Copilot Studio Chatbot
Department of Agriculture · Research, Education and Economics
Overview
- Development stage
- PilotSource: b) Pilot – The use case has been deployed in a limited test or pilot capacity.
- High-impact designation
- Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
- Impact justification
- Not reported
- Start date
- 2025-05-30 (day precision)Source: 5/30/2025
- Withheld from public reporting
- Not reported
Mission
- Topic area
- Information Technology
- Operational functions
- Chatbot or virtual assistant, Software development assistance Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
To cut down the time staff spend searching our intranet for information to administer programs & projects and deliver answers that they would not be able to find otherwise.
Expected benefits
Time savings for employees searching for internal information.
System outputs
The chatbot will provide text outputs with links and citations to documents housed on our intranet (Axon+).
Technology
- AI classification
- Generative AISource: Generative AI: AI that generates new or synthetic content (e.g., images, videos, audio, text, code).
- System name(s)
- Not reported
- Custom-developed code
- No
- Public source code
- Not reported
Sourcing
- How it was built
- Contract and in-houseSource: c) Developed with both contracting and in-house resources
- Vendor (as reported)
- Microsoft
- Vendors (standardized)
- Microsoft
A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.
Data and privacy
- Involves PII
- No
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- Not reported
- Authorization to Operate
- No
- Demographic features
- k) None of the above
- Training and evaluation data
- Data consisted of internal files, documents, and information. These data sources contain no PII, sensitive, or research data.
- Federal Data Catalog
- Not reported
Governance
0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.
Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported
AI impact assessmentNo answer reported
Independent reviewNo answer reported
Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported
Operator trainingNo answer reported
Fail-safeNo answer reported
Appeal processNo answer reported
User and public consultationNo answer reported
Potential impacts and how they were identified
Not reported