BREAKING NEWS: Google introduces AI feature to Docs, Gmail

Google has announced it is introducing Artificial Intelligence powered features to Docs and Gmail.

According to the firm, it is now making it possible for Workspace users to leverage the power of generative AI to create, connect and collaborate.

It stated that the AI-powered writing feature will be rolled out to trusted testers first.

The firm noted that advances in AI are helping its three billion users save more time with smart compose and smart reply, generate summaries for Docs, look more professional in meetings, and stay safe against malware and phishing attacks.

The Vice President, Product, Google Workspace, Johanna Wright, said, “Workspace’s mission is to meaningfully connect people so they can create, build, and grow together — and advances in generative AI are allowing us to deliver on this mission in new ways.

“Today, we’re sharing our broader vision for how Workspace is evolving to incorporate AI as a collaborative partner that is always there to help you achieve your goals, across Gmail, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Meet, and Chat.”

As we embark on this next journey, we will be bringing these new generative AI experiences to trusted testers on a rolling basis throughout the year, before making them available publicly.

Wright explained that the launched AI feature will allow users to draft, reply, summarise, and prioritise their Gmail; brainstorm, proofread, write, and rewrite in Docs; bring their creative vision to life with auto-generated images, audio, and video in Slides; go from raw data to insights and analysis via auto-completion, formula generation, and contextual categorisation in Sheets.

It added that users will be able to generate new backgrounds and capture notes in Meet and enable workflows for getting things done in Chat.

Wright added, “AI-based capabilities get better with human feedback.

“We’ll launch these new experiences this month via our trusted tester program, starting with English in the United States.

“From there, we’ll iterate and refine the experiences before making them available more broadly to consumers, small businesses, enterprises, and educational institutions in more countries and languages.”