Google provides extra AI instruments to its Workspace productiveness apps

Google continues to deliver its flagship AI fashions to its productiveness apps, increasing its Gemini options. 

The corporate right this moment introduced a number of updates to its Workspace merchandise, together with the addition of Audio Overviews and new streamlined strategies for monitoring conferences. 

Audio Overviews, which was first launched in Google’s fashionable NotebookLM, permits folks to create podcasts on their chosen analysis matter. 

Now, by means of Gemini, customers can create audio information primarily based on uploaded paperwork and slides. They will additionally generate audio overviews inside deep research studies. These podcast-style audio information are downloadable. Audio Overview generates voices and grounds its discussions solely on the supplied paperwork. 

Google beforehand instructed VentureBeat that its checks confirmed some folks want studying by means of listening, the place info is introduced in a conversational format. 

The corporate additionally launched a brand new function known as Canvas in Gemini, which lets folks create drafts and refine textual content or code utilizing the Gemini mannequin. Google mentioned Canvas helps “generate, optimize and preview code.” Canvas paperwork will be shared with Google Docs. 

Up to date calendars

Google additionally streamlined how customers can add occasions and conferences to their calendars. Gemini will detect if an electronic mail comprises particulars of occasions and might immediate folks so as to add it to their calendar. The mannequin will floor emails with potential appointments if the person misses them. 

Some plug-ins for Google, resembling Boomerang, provide related options that show appointments above the topic line. The Gemini-powered calendar function will open a Gemini chat window alerting the person of the occasion. 

Pointing AI fashions to floor knowledge or occasions from emails has grow to be a cornerstone of enterprise AI assistants and brokers. Microsoft’s new brokers parse by means of emails for enter. Startup Martin AI has an AI assistant that manages calendars, emails and to-do lists.  

Melding generative AI with productiveness

Google added Gemini chat to Workspace final 12 months to combine the standalone chat platform with Gmail, Google Docs and Calendars. This introduced Google nearer to Microsoft’s Copilot, which added AI fashions to its productiveness platforms, together with Outlook.  

Enterprises proceed so as to add AI options to the office, and it’s potential that if their workers commonly entry issues like Gemini on their Gmails and use AI fashions for analysis, AI adoption charges could also be even increased. 

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