UiPath Unveils New Platform Features with UiPath Autopilot™ and GenAI to Enhance Automation

UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a prominent enterprise automation and AI software firm, has introduced new features to its platform, integrating GenAI extensively into the UiPath Business Automation Platform™. This advancement aims to help businesses achieve better results through AI and automation. The new capabilities were showcased at the UiPath on Tour London: AI at Work summit on July 2 at the InterContinental London.

UiPath Autopilot™ for Developers and Testers

In the fast-paced digital enterprise, quick development and testing are crucial. UiPath meets the need for AI-driven productivity with the introduction of UiPath Autopilot™ for developers and testers.

For Developers:
– Text to Workflow: Developers can describe an automation idea in natural language, and Autopilot will create the initial workflow.
– Text to Expressions: Developers can describe their needs in natural language, and AI generates the correct expression.
– Text to Code: Autopilot converts natural language descriptions into code, reducing deployment time.
– PDF/Image to UiPath Apps: Quickly create apps from PDFs or images of paper forms.

For Testers:
– Quality Checks: Autopilot analyzes and ensures requirements are clear and complete.
– Test Design: Generates manual tests with step-by-step instructions from requirements.
– Test Automation: Converts manual tests into automated tests in UiPath Studio effortlessly.
– Test Insights: Provides real-time, actionable insights for continuous improvement.

UiPath Plugin and Integration with Copilot for Microsoft 365

Now in preview, this integration allows joint customers to automate end-to-end business processes within Microsoft Teams, offering a prebuilt automation library and enabling users to run company-developed automations.

New AI Enhancements for IDP

At the UiPath On Tour London event, new AI enhancements for intelligent document processing (IDP) were unveiled:
– UiPath DocPath and CommPath: Specialized large language models for processing any document or message with high accuracy and speed.
– Active Learning: Reduces training efforts by 80%, enabling easy model training with AI guidance.
– Generative Validation: Uses GenAI to validate Document Understanding model outputs, reducing human workload and boosting automation rates by up to 200%.

AI-Powered Building Blocks

UiPath leverages AI to simplify higher-level automation tasks with curated GenAI activities, including:
– Content Generation: Generates chat responses using chat completion models.
– PII Filtering: Identifies and redacts Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or Protected Health Information (PHI).
– Summarize Text: Summarizes text using an LLM.
– Translate: Detects and reports the language of any given text.
– Object Detection: Identifies objects within images for tasks like inspections or data collection.
– Image Classification: Categorizes images to support processes like product sorting.
– Categorize: Organizes data for improved analysis and decision making.
– Named Entity Recognition: Extracts specific entities from text for information retrieval and organization.

Additionally, Intelligent UI form-handling capabilities use UiPath specialized AI and learnings from Clipboard AI, accelerating development and reducing maintenance by treating a form as a single entity. These activities include:
– Form Fill: Uses AI to complete forms by mapping and filling input data.
– Form Copy: Extracts and maps data from forms.
– Set Value: Inputs data into individual fields using AI.

All activities employ the UiPath Trust Layer, ensuring that customers can use GenAI-powered capabilities confidently while adhering to company data and policies.