On Tuesday at Google I/O, Google’s much relied-upon — but rarely loved — Google Workspace software suite got a major injection of additional AI features that are coming soon.
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Gemini 1.5 Pro, from the language model family formerly known as Bard, is being plastered into the side panel in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides — not to mention Drive and Gmail. These applications are already interconnected, but this slate of features aims to automate those connections via a chirpy AI-powered assistant with the power to — in theory — teleport from app to app, doing work tasks that used to be labor-intensive.
Google is clearly envisioning a more seamless and integrated experience across Workspace, enabled by the centralization of all the user’s documents and data. With Gemini functionality perpetually available on the screen, users are being encouraged to ask the bot quotidian questions or request little favors. While in Docs, Gemini can dig up details found in emails, or organize lists into spreadsheets automatically.
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