USTP AI Assistant

Overview

Development stage

In development or acquisitionSource: a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.

High-impact designation

Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact

Impact justification

Does not produce an output that serves as a principal basis for decisions or actions with legal, material, binding, or significant effect on any of the individuals or entities identified in OMB-25-21.

Start date

Not reported

Withheld from public reporting

NoSource: a) No

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

Intended purpose is to enable USTP's IT team to understand the process to develop, test, tune and use Microsoft various AI services--Azure Open AI, Azure Open AI Foundry, Microsoft Copilot Studio. A secondary purpose is understanding the full costs and time to develop and implement a use case from start to finish. A tertiary purpose is to ensure the Generative AI service is providing useful responses and value given the cost and time to setup and deploy.

Expected benefits

Intended benefits of using Microsoft AI services would be to enable USTP staff to find information quickly on relevant questions they may have. The use cases tested in Pre-Deployment phase would help reduce Help Desk calls and increase productivity of users enabling them to find technical information quickly. Potential to help generate new content based on pilot testing.

System outputs

Given the outputs range due to the specific AI Assistants objective USTP will provide a couple of examples that are in Pre-Deployment Technical Feasibility testing now: 1). HR Assistant - Trained on USTP's SharePoint Intranet pages to answer common questions about various human resources support issues. 2). Briefing Assistant - Review public documents that were previous submitted USTP briefs on specific bankruptcy cases to easily search and find these cases.

Technology

AI classification

Natural language processingSource: Natural Language Processing: AI that processes, interprets, and shares information in human language.

System name(s)

Not reported

Custom-developed code

Not reported

Public source code

Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built

Not reported

Vendor (as reported)

Not reported

Vendors (standardized)

None on the standard list

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII

Not reported

Privacy Impact Assessment

Not reported

Authorization to Operate

Not reported

Demographic features

Not reported

Training and evaluation data

Not reported

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.

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported