New preview model release for the PII (Personally Identifiable Information) redaction service includes support for more entities and languages
Azure AI Language is excited to announce a new preview model release for the PII (Personally Identifiable Information) redaction service, which includes support for more entities and languages, addressing customer-sourced scenarios and international use cases.
What’s New | Updated Model 2025-08-01-preview
- Tier 1 language support for DateOfBirth entity: expanding upon the original English-only support earlier this year, we’ve added support for all Tier 1 languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Dutch
- New entity support:
- SortCode - a financial code used in the UK and Ireland to identify the specific bank and branch where an account is held. Currently we support this in only English.
- LicensePlateNumber - the standard alphanumeric code for vehicle identification. Note that our current scope does not support a license plate that contains only letters. Currently we support this in only English.
- AI quality improvements for financial entities, reducing false positives/negatives
These updates respond directly to customer feedback and address gaps in entity coverage and language support. The broader language support enables global deployments and the new entity types allow for more comprehensive data extraction for our customers. This ensures an improved service quality for financial, criminal justice, and many other regulatory use cases, enabling more accurate and reliable service for our customers.
Get started
- A more detailed tutorial and overview of the service feature can be found in our public docs.
- Learn more about these releases and several others enhancing our Azure AI Language offerings on our What’s new page.
- Explore Azure AI Language and its various capabilities
- Access full pricing details on the Language Pricing page
- Find the list of sensitive PII entities supported
- Try out Azure AI Foundry for a code-free experience
We are looking forward to continuously improving our product offerings and features to meet customer needs and are keen to hear any comments and feedback.
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