OXFORD, UK and BOSTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / February 4, 2026 / Preservica, the frontrunner in AI-enabled Active Digital Preservation™, has officially introduced integrated, human-centered AI tools alongside flexible AI Credits across its product range. These innovative features seamlessly incorporate AI assistance into daily archival processes, allowing organizations of all sizes to embrace AI safely and scale its application according to their evolving requirements.
“Given the overwhelming quantity of digital content accumulating daily, leveraging AI for archival tasks has become indispensable,” states Stuart Reed, Chief Product Officer at Preservica. “Our human-centered AI tools, integrated seamlessly into our product offerings, turn the vision of AI in Digital Preservation into reality—empowering organizations of every scale to expedite routine operations, reduce backlogs, and enhance discovery.”
These tools have been developed with input from Preservica’s user community and refined through the company’s acclaimed AI Workshop series. They seamlessly augment the platform’s existing capabilities, enabling archival, records, and information management teams across government, academia, and business sectors to:
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Quickly reduce audiovisual and image backlogs
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Comply with Privacy, Accessibility, and FOIA regulations
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Enhance metadata quality and consistency on a large scale
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Increase content value and discoverability
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Search collections and reveal insights using more intuitive, contextual methods
From Days of Work to Minutes
Thanks to Preservica’s advanced AI capabilities, tasks that previously demanded days or weeks of manual effort can now be accomplished in mere hours or even minutes. This transformation allows teams to concentrate on higher-value activities such as curation, research, and advocacy. Advanced features like AI-driven summarization and semantic search open new avenues for accessing and utilizing digital archives.
Secure, Human-Centered AI
Preservica’s AI functionalities are securely embedded within the existing platform and workflows. They are thoroughly tested, supported, and compliant with current AI regulations and standards. Administrators retain full control over AI applications and can easily disable or restrict usage to specific collections. Transparent data processing and comprehensive audit trails mitigate the complexities and risks associated with independent open-source tools. The Professional Plus and Enterprise editions also feature secure APIs for organizations looking to implement their own AI models and tools.
Integrated AI Assistance at a Glance
Below are some of the AI capabilities Preservica will be launching in the coming months. Users can verify availability by product edition on the Pricing page.
Quality Check & Standardize Metadata in Minutes
Easily cleanse metadata from various sources, auto-fill empty fields, resolve inconsistencies, and expedite backlog reduction.
Identify Files Containing PII for Compliance
Swiftly and reliably detect files containing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to support compliance and responsible record sharing.
Enhance Discoverability of Scanned Images through OCR
Turn scanned and digitized materials into fully searchable, compliant assets using the built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature.
Categorize & Describe Image Collections at Scale
Automatically identify people, places, and objects to simplify metadata creation for extensive image collections, facilitating rapid categorization.
Automate Transcription and Captioning of AV Assets
Save substantial time by producing accurate transcripts and captions within minutes, ensuring compliance with accessibility standards and improving navigation through timestamped text.
Semantic Search for Intent-Based Discovery
Help users find relevant records more quickly, surface under-described content, and efficiently respond to audits, FOI requests, eDiscovery needs, and compliance inquiries.
Availability for Customers
Tools for PII detection and OCR are currently available across supported Preservica editions, along with AI credits that are utilized based on AI service consumption. New AI-driven features for automated appraisal and transfer of content from SharePoint, as well as enhanced discovery experiences utilizing Microsoft Copilot, are under development with more updates anticipated soon.
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About Preservica
Preservica is revolutionizing how organizations worldwide safeguard and utilize long-term digital information. Its AI-powered Active Digital Preservation™ archiving software ensures the longevity of every file in future-friendly formats, enabling high-value information to be readily accessible and actionable for FOI, regulatory compliance, legal, brand, and AI needs.
In collaboration with Microsoft, Preserve365® streamlines compliance and AI adoption by integrating archiving, digital preservation, and discovery of long-term records into the everyday workflows of Microsoft 365 and SharePoint. This integrated approach allows Microsoft customers to leverage existing software investments like Purview, Power Automate, and Copilot for improved archiving, reduced costs and risks, simplified data discovery, and a foundation for trusted AI-ready long-term content.
Contact Information:
Meg Fornataro
York IE
(603) 202-3175
SOURCE: Preservica
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