DOE · DOE-697 · record R3553

Microsoft Co-Pilot

Department of Energy · KCNSC - Kansas City National Security Campus (KCFO)

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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: Output does not serve as a principal basis for decisions or actions that have a legal, material, binding, or significant effect on rights or safety. Just productivity enhancement.
Start date: Could not parse Source: 2027-10-01T00:00:00
Withheld from public reporting: NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area: Administrative Functions
Operational functions: Document processing and extraction, Summarization Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Overloaded workers often must perform routine, tedious administrative tasks that waste their valuable time

Expected benefits

Eliminate tedious, time consuming adminstrative tasks, reduce time to accomplish routine tasks

System outputs

Drafted, summarized, or prioritized emails Meetings scheduled at optimal times Generated follow-up emails or meeting notes Reports, presentations, or summaries generatedd from raw data Content rewritten or refined for clarity and tone Extract key insights from long documents Trends derived from spreadsheet analysis Charts and visualizations created from raw data Rrepetitive Excel tasks Automatated Presentation slides generated from bullet points or outlines Presentations with Improved visual appeal Speaker notes and talking points generated

Technology

AI classification: Generative AISource: Generative AI: AI that generates new or synthetic content (e.g., images, videos, audio, text, code).
System name(s): Microsoft 365 CoPilot
Custom-developed code: No
Public source code: Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built: Purchased from vendorSource: a) Purchased from a vendor
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: Yes
Demographic features: k) None of the above
Training and evaluation data: Model trained by Microsoft that was publically available
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