Overview

AI Assist is a smart feature that helps users compose, edit, and respond to messages more efficiently. It leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to:

1. Keep messages short and concise 
   
2. Summarize key points of a conversation 
   
3. Autocorrect text 
   
4. Suggest tone adjustments and improvements 
   

How it Works

When composing a message, users can select the desired AI Assist function—such as Shorten, Autocorrect, or Polish. Based on the selected option, AI Assist will generate a revised version of the text. Users can then:

1. Accept the AI-generated suggestion 
2. Request another alternative 
3. Reject the suggestion and continue editing their original text 

Data Privacy and Protection

This section explains how your data is processed and protected when using AI Assist. 

When you use YakChat’s AI Assist, your written text is securely sent to the Azure OpenAI Service for processing. This service is hosted by Microsoft within the Azure environment. It does not interact with OpenAI-operated services such as ChatGPT or the OpenAI public API. 

In addition to the YakChat Privacy Policy, the following data protection assurances apply: 

Important

Your prompts (inputs) and completions (outputs), your embeddings, and your training data:

1. Are NOT shared with other customers.
2. Are NOT accessible to OpenAI.
3. Are NOT used to train or improve OpenAI models.
4. Are NOT used to train, retrain, or improve Azure OpenAI Service foundation models.
5. Are NOT used to enhance Microsoft or 3rd party products or services without your explicit permission.
   
6. Any fine-tuned models are for your exclusively use.

For more details, see: Data, Privacy, and Security for Azure OpenAI Service.

Access and Availability

1. AI Assist is available only on the Professional Plan.
   
2. An Administrator must enable the feature in the plan settings before users can access it. 
   

Current and upcoming features include:

1. Shorten text: available now
   
2. Autocorrect text: coming soon
   
3. Refine text: coming soon
   
4. Chat summary: coming later
   

Important note: AI-generated content may contain inaccuracies or errors. Results are not deterministic and may vary across uses. 

Shorten Text

The Shorten text feature helps you keep messages concise and cost-effective by attempting to fit your message within a single SMS segment (160 characters), while retaining the core message.

How to Use

1. Draft your message.
   
2. Open the AI Assist menu and select Shorten.
   
3. Wait a few seconds while the AI generates a revised version.
   
4. Review the output:
   
1. Accept the suggestion as-is
   
2. Edit the suggested version 
   
3. Request a new version 
   
4. Or reject it and keep your original text.
   

Please note:

It may not be possible to fit some long messages within a single SMS segment (160 characters) without loosing their original meaning. 

Using emojis and special characters further reduces this limit to about 70 characters per segment.