Now Assist in Document Intelligence

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated January 30, 2025
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    Summary of Now Assist in Document Intelligence

    ServiceNow® Now Assist in Document Intelligence leverages generative AI to extract key information from digital documents, enabling you to seamlessly integrate this data into your automation workflows. This tool helps streamline data processing and enhances workflow efficiency by automating document understanding.

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    Key Features

    • Generative AI Skills: Utilize AI-powered skills specifically designed to identify and extract relevant data from various document formats.
    • Configuration and Activation: Easily configure and activate Now Assist capabilities within your ServiceNow instance to tailor AI functionality to your needs.
    • Data Extraction: Supports extraction from forms, tables, and other document elements to provide structured data outputs.
    • Regional and Compliance Considerations: Availability of model providers and features varies by region, regulatory environment, and data center location, with certain products restricted in FedRAMP, NSC DOD IL5, Australia IRAP-Protected environments, and Regulated Markets.

    Important Considerations

    • Not all AI models and features are available for customers with in-country SKUs or in restricted environments; check for updates on availability in future releases.
    • The AI outputs are informational and do not constitute legal or professional advice. Customers are responsible for validating AI-generated content before use.
    • Due to the evolving nature of AI and machine learning, outputs may not always be accurate or complete. Human oversight and thorough testing are essential, especially in high-impact domains such as healthcare, finance, and legal.

    Data Handling and Privacy

    • Data processed by Now Assist in Document Intelligence may be transferred to centralized ServiceNow environments or third-party cloud providers like Microsoft Azure, following ServiceNow’s internal data policies.
    • ServiceNow collects inputs, outputs, and user edits to improve AI models and services. Customers have the option to opt out of data collection via the Now Assist Opt-Out settings.

    Support and Resources

    • Access AI-related knowledge and troubleshooting through the ServiceNow Community, Known Error Portal, and Customer Service and Support.
    • Enhance your expertise with real-time courses and training available at ServiceNow University.

    With ServiceNow® Now Assist in Document Intelligence, you can use generative AI to get key information from digital documents into your automation workflows.

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    Important:
    • Not all model providers are available for customers with in-country SKUs, and some Now Assist products/features are currently unavailable for in-country customers. For more information, see the KB1584492 article in the Now Support Knowledge Base. Be sure to check for model provider availability updates in future releases.
    • Some Now Assist products/features are currently unavailable for customers in the FedRAMP, NSC DOD IL5, or Australia IRAP-Protected data centers, self-hosted customers, or in other restricted environments. For more information, see the KB0743854 article in the Now Support Knowledge Base. Be sure to check for availability updates in future releases.
    • Some Now Assist products/features are currently available only for customers in some regions. Be sure to check for availability updates in future releases.
    • Some AI products and skills are not available in Regulated Markets. For more information, see KB2593939: Regulated Markets AI Products/Skills Not Available. Be sure to check for availability updates in future releases.

    Troubleshoot and get help

    None of the Advanced AI and Data Products provide legal or professional advice. The outputs provided by the Advanced AI and Data Products are for informational purposes only and are not a substitute for advice from a qualified professional. Customer assumes all responsibility and obligations with respect to any decisions, advice, conclusions, legal opinions, recommendations made or given as a result of the use of the services, including without limitation, any decision made, or action taken by Customer in reliance upon the Advanced AI and Data Products.

    The Advance AI and Data Products and services do not and are not intended to constitute legal advice and do not create an attorney-client relationship.

    AI limitations

    This application uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, which are rapidly evolving fields of study that generate predictions based on patterns in data. As a result, this application may not always produce accurate, complete, or appropriate information. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that this application has been fully trained or tested for your use case. To mitigate these issues, it is your responsibility to test and evaluate your use of this application for accuracy, harm, and appropriateness for your use case, employ human oversight of output, and refrain from relying solely on AI-generated outputs for decision-making purposes. This is especially important if you choose to deploy this application in areas with consequential impacts such as healthcare, finance, legal, employment, security, or infrastructure. You agree to abide by ServiceNow’s AI Acceptable Use Policy, which may be updated by ServiceNow.

    Data processing

    This application requires data to be transferred from ServiceNow customers' individual instances to a centralized ServiceNow environment, which may be located in a different data center region from the one where your instance is, and potentially to a third-party cloud provider, such as Microsoft Azure. This data is handled per ServiceNow's internal policies and procedures, including our policies available through our CORE Compliance Portal.

    Data collection

    ServiceNow collects and uses the inputs, outputs, and edits to outputs of this application to develop and improve ServiceNow technologies including ServiceNow models and AI products. In addition, this application will collect information extracted from documents. Customers can opt out of future data collection at any time, as described in the Now Assist Opt-Out page.

    For more information, see the Now Assist documentation.