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# What's new in Azure AI Language?
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Azure AI Language is updated on an ongoing basis. To stay up-to-date with recent developments, this article provides you with information about new releases and features.
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Azure AI Language is updated on an ongoing basis. Bookmark this page to stay up to date with release notes, feature enhancements, and our newest documentation.
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## Build 2025 Releases (May 19 - 23)
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We released many new updates alongside the 2025 Microsoft Build Conference including:
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- [Customizing PII detection using your own regex](personally-identifiable-information/how-to/adapt-to-domain-pii.md#customizing-pii-detection-using-your-own-regex-only-available-for-text-pii-container) (only available for Text PII container)
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- Support for customizing PII output by [specifying values to exclude](personally-identifiable-information/how-to/adapt-to-domain-pii.md#customizing-pii-output-by-specifying-values-to-exclude)
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- Customizing PII detection using [Entity Synonyms](personally-identifiable-information/how-to/adapt-to-domain-pii.md#api-schema-for-the-entitysynoyms-parameter)
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- Model support for a new DateOfBirth entity subtype for PII detection.
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- Updates to preview NER & PII API version: `2025-05-15-preview`. This API version includes DateOfBirth support, enhanced phone number AI quality, and umbrella entity type support for BankAccount, Passport, Drivers License
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## May 2025
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More on these releases can be found on our TechCommunity Blog Post
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##### New agent templates
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## May 2025
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Azure AI Language now supports the following agent templates:
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* [Intent routing](../agents/concepts/agent-catalog.md): Detects user intent and provides precise answers, ideal for deterministic intent routing, and exact question answering with human oversight.
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* [Exact question answering](../agents/concepts/agent-catalog.md): Delivers consistent, accurate responses to high-value predefined questions through deterministic methods.
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##### PII detection enhancements
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Azure AI Language introduces new customization and entity subtype features for PII detection:
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* [Customize PII detection using your own regex](personally-identifiable-information/how-to/adapt-to-domain-pii.md#customizing-pii-detection-using-your-own-regex-only-available-for-text-pii-container) (Text PII container only).
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* [Specify values to exclude from PII output](personally-identifiable-information/how-to/adapt-to-domain-pii.md#customizing-pii-output-by-specifying-values-to-exclude).
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* [Use entity synonyms for tailored PII detection](personally-identifiable-information/how-to/adapt-to-domain-pii.md#api-schema-for-the-entitysynoyms-parameter).
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##### 2025-05-15-preview release.
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The [latest API preview version](/rest/api/language/operation-groups?view=rest-language-2025-05-15-preview&preserve-view=true) includes updates for named entity recognition (NER) and PII detection:
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* New entity type support for `DateOfBirth`, `BankAccountNumber`, `PassportNumber`, and `DriversLicenseNumber`.
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* Improved AI quality for `PhoneNumber` entity type.
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To learn more, see our latest [TechCommunity Blog Post](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azure-ai-services-blog/announcing-azure-ai-language-new-features-to-accelerate-your-agent-development/4415216).
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* Azure AI Language now supports the following agent templates:
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* [Intent routing](../agents/concepts/agent-catalog.md) detects user intent and provides exact answering. Perfect for deterministically intent routing and exact question answering with human controls.
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* [Exact question answering](../agents/concepts/agent-catalog.md) answers high-value predefined questions deterministically to ensure consistent and accurate responses.
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## April 2025
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