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diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/1-introduction.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/1-introduction.yml
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   title: Introduction
   description: "Introduction"
-  ms.date: 06/25/2025
+  ms.date: 01/05/2025
   author: wwlpublish
   ms.author: rcaper
   ms.topic: unit
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/2-what-is-ai.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/2-what-is-ai.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: What is AI?
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   title: What is AI?
   description: "What is AI?"
-  ms.date: 06/25/2025
+  ms.date: 01/05/2025
   author: wwlpublish
   ms.author: rcaper
   ms.topic: unit
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/3-explore-prompting.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/3-explore-prompting.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Explore prompting
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   title: Explore prompting
   description: "Explore prompting"
-  ms.date: 06/25/2025
+  ms.date: 01/05/2025
   author: wwlpublish
   ms.author: rcaper
   ms.topic: unit
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/4-discover-ai-personal-life.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/4-discover-ai-personal-life.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: 'Discover ways to use AI in your personal life '
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   title: Discover ways to use AI in your personal life
   description: "Discover ways to use AI in your personal life"
-  ms.date: 06/25/2025
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   author: wwlpublish
   ms.author: rcaper
   ms.topic: unit
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/5-discover-ai-work.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/5-discover-ai-work.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Discover ways to use AI at work
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   title: Discover ways to use AI at work
   description: "Discover ways to use AI at work"
-  ms.date: 06/25/2025
+  ms.date: 01/05/2025
   author: wwlpublish
   ms.author: rcaper
   ms.topic: unit
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/6-exercise-personalize-refine-prompts.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/6-exercise-personalize-refine-prompts.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: 'Exercise: Personalize and refine prompts'
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   title: 'Exercise: Personalize and refine prompts'
   description: "Exercise: Personalize and refine prompts"
-  ms.date: 06/25/2025
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   author: wwlpublish
   ms.author: rcaper
   ms.topic: unit
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/7-knowledge-check.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/7-knowledge-check.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Module assessment
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   title: Module assessment
   description: "Knowledge check"
-  ms.date: 06/25/2025
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   ms.author: rcaper
   ms.topic: unit
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/8-summary.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/8-summary.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Summary
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   title: Summary
   description: "Summary"
-  ms.date: 06/25/2025
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   ms.author: rcaper
   ms.topic: unit
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/includes/1-introduction.md b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/includes/1-introduction.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-AI is no longer just for tech experts and scientists. With tools like Microsoft Copilot, AI is becoming accessible to everyone for everyday tasks. Imagine having a personal assistant that can help you draft emails, create reports, and generate creative content like poetry or graphics. AI can make your everyday tasks easier and more efficient, allowing you to focus on what matters to you.
+AI is no longer just for tech experts and scientists. With tools like Microsoft Copilot, AI is becoming more and more accessible for everyday tasks. Imagine having a personal assistant that can help you draft emails, create reports, and generate creative content like poetry or graphics. AI can make your everyday tasks easier and more efficient, allowing you to focus on what matters to you.
 
-In this module, discover the basics of how generative AI works and how you can use it to be more productive. Whether you're looking to simplify routine tasks or explore new ways to innovate, AI can help you achieve more.
+In this module, discover the basics of how generative AI works and how you can use it to be more productive. Whether you're looking to simplify routine tasks or explore new ways to innovate, AI can help you achieve more.
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/includes/2-what-is-ai.md b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/includes/2-what-is-ai.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-AI can simplify everyday tasks and enhance productivity. This unit introduces the basics of AI, including how generative AI creates new content, and how tools like Microsoft Copilot can enhance productivity. You also explore the importance of using AI responsibly to ensure fairness, transparency, and trust.
+AI can simplify everyday tasks and enhance productivity. This unit introduces you to the basics of AI, including how generative AI creates new content, and how tools like Microsoft Copilot can enhance productivity. You also learn about the importance of using AI responsibly to ensure fairness, transparency, and trust.
 
 ## What is AI, and how does it work?
 
-Generative AI focuses on creating new, unique content, based on the input you provide. This input is called **prompting**, which just means asking AI for specific things. Generative AI can even produce creative content, such as writing poems, composing melodies, or designing graphics, based on the patterns and styles it learned from existing data. 
+Artificial intelligence (AI) is technology that can recognize patterns, make predictions, and generate new content based on the information it has learned. When you ask AI to do something—whether that's drafting an email or summarizing a document—you’re giving it a prompt. A prompt is simply an instruction or question.
+Generative AI is a type of AI that creates new content. It can help with everyday tasks, like writing messages or answering questions, and it can also produce creative outputs such as images, stories, or melodies based on patterns it has learned from large sets of data.
 
-People usually interact with generative AI built into a chat application. One example of such an application is [Microsoft Copilot](https://copilot.microsoft.com?azure-portal=true), an AI-powered productivity tool designed to enhance your work experience by providing real-time intelligence and assistance. In other words, it's a smart tool that helps you work better by giving you quick answers and help when you need it.
+Most people use generative AI through a chat-based tool. [Microsoft Copilot](https://copilot.microsoft.com?azure-portal=true) is a chat-based tool that provides smart, real-time assistance to help you complete tasks more quickly and easily.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > **Behind the scenes**
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/includes/5-discover-ai-work.md b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/includes/5-discover-ai-work.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Now let's find inspiration for more complex prompts, and discover practical appl
 
 ## Explore ways to use AI at work
 
-[Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat](https://m365.cloud.microsoft/chat) is a shared chat experience within Microsoft 365 Copilot, and is available at no additional cost with eligible Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licenses. With a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, Copilot Chat becomes more powerful by connecting to your work data across Microsoft 365 applications like Teams, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel. This helps connect your questions with business information and apps, bringing out important details from the company's data.
+[Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat](https://m365.cloud.microsoft/chat) is a shared chat experience within Microsoft 365 Copilot, and is available with eligible Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licenses. With a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, Copilot Chat becomes more powerful by connecting to your work data across Microsoft 365 applications like Teams, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel. This helps connect your questions with business information and apps, bringing out important details from the company's data.
 
 Some common examples include:
 
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ Some common examples include:
 > [!NOTE]
 > **AI Agents**, also known as virtual assistants, help you with different tasks based on what you need. They can handle routine tasks like scheduling meetings, managing emails, real-time data analysis, and personalized recommendations. In Microsoft 365, you can now build your own agents to fit your specific needs, making your daily tasks easier and more efficient.
 >
-> To learn more, read [Introducing Copilot agents](https://support.microsoft.com/topic/introducing-copilot-agents-943e563d-602d-40fa-bdd1-dbc83f582466#:~:text=Copilot%20agents%20are%20specialized%20AI,expanding%20their%20reach%20and%20functionality.?azure-portal=true) and watch the short video [Copilots & Agents](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oddeD2FTCyE).
+> To learn more, read [Introducing Copilot agents](https://support.microsoft.com/topic/introducing-copilot-agents-943e563d-602d-40fa-bdd1-dbc83f582466#:~:text=Copilot%20agents%20are%20specialized%20AI,expanding%20their%20reach%20and%20functionality.?azure-portal=true).
 
-The real power of Microsoft 365 Copilot comes from the flow of using it across apps. There are many use cases for Copilot in Microsoft 365, including in communications, HR, legal, IT, sales, project management, market research, finance, and more. The [Copilot scenario library](https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot-scenario-library?azure-portal=true) can help you get started.
+The real power of Microsoft 365 Copilot comes from how it keeps your work flowing—letting you start a task in one app and continue it in another while Copilot stays with you to help at each step.
+
+There are many use cases for Copilot in Microsoft 365, including in communications, HR, legal, IT, sales, project management, market research, finance, and more. The [Copilot scenario library](https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot-scenario-library?azure-portal=true) can help you get started.
 
 The following table describes one sample functional scenario, **Using Copilot to draft an internal communications post**.
 
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/includes/6-exercise-personalize-refine-prompts.md b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/includes/6-exercise-personalize-refine-prompts.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ In this module, you use Microsoft Copilot to interact with generative AI. To fol
 
 2. Sign in to Copilot with your [personal Microsoft Account](https://signup.live.com?azure-portal=true) (such as an outlook.com account).
 
-![Screenshot of Copilot.microsoft.com with the sign in button highlighted.](../media/05-copilot-sign-in.png)
+![Screenshot of Copilot.microsoft.com with the sign in button highlighted.](../media/06-copilot-sign-in.png)
 
 ## Personalize sample prompts
 To start, you practice creating personalized prompts using a few fill-in-the-blank examples. Your task is to fill in the blanks with specific details such as goals, timelines, topics, or other relevant information. This helps you create clear and effective prompts for Copilot.
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ To start, you practice creating personalized prompts using a few fill-in-the-bla
 > In this exercise, bracketed text indicates where you should replace the bracketed text with your own ideas. After personalizing the prompt, remove the brackets.
 
 **Sample prompt**:
-> Copilot, generate a list of **[10 book recommendations]** for **[summer reading]** that focus on **[self-improvement and personal growth]**.
-
-![Screenshot of Copilot with the sample prompt pasted into the chat box.](../media/05-copilot-book-prompt-bracketed.jpg)
+> Copilot, generate a list of **[5 book recommendations]** for **[a beach holiday]** that focus on **[world-building science fiction]**.
 
 The following screenshot is an example of what Copilot might generate. How does it compare to the personalized prompt that you submitted?
 
-![Screenshot of the Copilot-generated book list.](../media/05-copilot-book-prompt-results.jpg)
+![Screenshot of the Copilot-generated book list.](../media/06-copilot-book-prompt-results.jpg)
 
 > [!TIP]
 > **Iterate and expand**. Remember that you can iterate, and ask Copilot to refine the ideas,  generate more ideas, or provide more information about your list. Use Copilot's suggestions to dig deeper. For example, ask Copilot: "Can you recommend similar books by diverse authors?", or "What makes these books stand out in terms of world-building?"
@@ -45,39 +43,42 @@ Now that you submitted your personalized prompts to Copilot, it's time to analyz
 > [!TIP]
 > As you review the results, make a note of what you liked about the responses and any areas that could be refined.
 
-If you want, take a few minutes to personalize some more prompts, and analyze the results. Don't worry, you won't overwrite earlier prompts and responses. 
+If you like, take a few minutes to personalize some more prompts, and analyze the results. Don't worry, you won't overwrite earlier prompts and responses.
  
 **Sample prompts**:
 > - Copilot, list **[10 TV shows]** for **[weekend binge-watching]** that are **[comedy and family-friendly]**.
 > - Copilot, create a **[playlist]** for **[studying]** that features **[calm and focus-enhancing music]**.
-> - Copilot, recommend **[5 healthy recipes]** for **[weeknight dinners]** that are **[quick and easy to make]**.
+> - Copilot, generate a list of **[10 book recommendations]** for **[summer reading]** that focus on **[self-improvement and personal growth]**.
 
 
 ## Expand results using Think Deeper
 
-Iteration is a key part of creating effective AI prompts. In this step, you refine your original results to get expanded information using **Think Deeper**. 
+Iteration is a key part of creating effective AI prompts. In this step, you refine your original results to get expanded information using **Think Deeper**.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > Think Deeper unlocks the power of deep reasoning in Microsoft Copilot. It can handle more complex questions by breaking them down into multiple steps, allowing for more accurate and detailed responses.
 
-1. Pick one of your earlier prompts, activate Think Deeper by selecting the **Quick response** box and selecting **Think Deeper**, then submit to Copilot and review the results.
+First, try one of your earlier prompts with Think Deeper. Add your prompt to the chat box again, and then follow these steps:
 
-> **Sample prompt**:
-> Copilot, generate a list of 5 book recommendations for a beach holiday that focus on world building science fiction.
+1. Select the drop-down menu in the prompt area.
+2. Choose**Think Deeper** from the list of options.
+3. Submit to Copilot and review the results.
+
+![Screenshot of Copilot highlighting selection option drop-down, Think Deeper, and submit button highlighted.](../media/06-think-deeper-submit.jpg)
 
-![Screenshot of Copilot with the Submit button highlighted.](../media/05-think-deeper-submit.jpg)
+How does it compare to the earlier response to the same prompt? 
 
-2. Ask a follow-up question for more detailed information.
+Now, go ahead and ask a follow-up question for more detailed information.
 
 > **Sample prompt**:
-> I'd like to dive into the central themes and motifs of each book, to understand the underlying messages and connections between the stories. 
+> I'd like to dive into the central themes and motifs of each book, to understand the underlying messages and connections between the stories.
 
- This will take Copilot around 30 seconds to return your results.
+ This might take Copilot around 30 seconds to return your results.
 
-3. Review the output from Think Deeper. Consider how it compares to standard responses.
+Review the output from Think Deeper. Consider how it compares to standard responses.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > **Build your AI habit**:
 > Now that you know what it takes to craft clear, specific, and goal-oriented prompts, try to identify tasks in your own daily routine where AI might help you save time or be more creative. Commit to a daily experiment, such as one prompt to try every day. Remember to iterate as much as you want to perfect your prompt.
 
-Congratulations on completing the exercise! You created personalized prompts, analyzed the results, and used Think Deeper to unlock deep reasoning. Keep experimenting with different prompts in your daily tasks to see how AI can make your work easier and more efficient.
+Congratulations on completing the exercise! You created personalized prompts, analyzed the results, and used Think Deeper to unlock deep reasoning. Keep experimenting with different prompts in your daily tasks to see how AI can make your work easier and more efficient.
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/includes/8-summary.md b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/includes/8-summary.md
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ In this module, you explored some ways generative AI can help you at home and at
 **Continue your learning journey**
 
 - [Work smarter with AI](/training/paths/work-smarter-with-ai?azure-portal=true)
-- [Design a dream destination with AI](/training/paths/design-dream-destination-ai?azure-portal=true)
+- [Craft a compelling product pitch using AI](/training/modules/craft-compelling-product-pitch-using-ai/)
 - [The Art and Science of Working with AI](https://www.microsoft.com/worklab/the-art-and-science-of-working-with-ai?azure-portal=true)
-- [Transform your business with Microsoft AI](/training/paths/transform-your-business-with-microsoft-ai?azure-portal=true)
diff --git a/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/index.yml b/learn-pr/wwl-data-ai/use-ai-everyday-tasks/index.yml
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   title: Use AI for Everyday Tasks
   description: "In this module, you dive into the fascinating world of generative AI and discover how it can simplify your daily tasks. You learn the essentials of crafting effective prompts, explore various AI tools, and understand how to analyze and build on AI-generated results. By the end, you'll be equipped with the knowledge to use AI responsibly and ethically, making this an exciting journey for any AI enthusiast!"
-  ms.date: 06/25/2025
+  ms.date: 01/05/2025
   ms.update-cycle: 180-days
   author: wwlpublish
   ms.author: rcaper
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