Data Formulator: Explore Data with Visualizations, Powered by AI Agents

The Data Formulator tool from Microsoft Research blends natural language and visual interfaces to help analysts explore and visualize data with AI agents. With AI agents recommending exploration ideas, transforming data and presenting results in interactive visual interfaces, users can deep dive into data in control without coding expertise. 

The research prototype is open source and there’s a demo available to explore its features. 

It currently supports generation of the following chart types -

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