Adobe Acrobat uses AI to allow you to “chat” with your PDFs

Conversational AI is (also) coming to Acrobat (and soon Reader). This is Adobe’s first step in transforming digital materials for consumption and creation.

The Adobe group has just presented the brand new beta version of its AI Assistant, intended for Acrobat. The application, used by half a billion people worldwide according to Adobe, will allow users to converse directly with this new generative AI, regarding their PDFs.

AI also in Reader and Acrobat!

Thirty years. For thirty years now, the PDF format has been one of the most popular formats for individuals and businesses. This Portable Document Format (PDF) was invented by Adobe, which has obviously refined its tool over the years, notably with its Acrobat reader. Today, the tool includes an AI-powered assistant.

With its new AI Assistant, Adobe allows customers to quickly produce an email that will summarize, point by point, the minutes of a meeting.

“ Generative AI promises smarter document experiences by transforming information available in PDFs into actionable insights and professional-quality content said Abhigyan Modi, Senior Vice President, Document Cloud.

Acrobat Liquid Mode on board

To do this, AI Assistant uses the same AI and machine learning models that make up Acrobat Liquid Mode, Adobe technology that provides a mobile-friendly PDF reading experience. The AI ​​is thus able to analyze and understand the structure and content of a PDF.

The new features brought by AI Assistant

• AI Assistant recommends questions based on the content of a PDF and provides answers based on the content of the document, all through an intuitive conversational interface.
• Generative summary: Generative summary generation helps you quickly understand the content of long documents by generating short summaries in easy-to-read formats.
• Intelligent Credentials: Adobe AI and a custom attribution engine generate credentials that make it easy to verify the source of AI Assistant responses.
• Easy navigation: Clickable links allow users to quickly find what they’re looking for in large documents so they can focus on the most important information.
• Ready-to-use formats: Users can ask AI Assistant to group information into different formats that are easy to copy/cut and paste via a dedicated button: takeaways, emails, presentations, reports and more still others.
• Respect user data: Acrobat AI Assistant features are protected by data security protocols, and no user document content is stored or used, without their consent, to train the assistant.
• Beyond PDF: AI Assistant is compatible with all document formats (Word, PowerPoint, meeting transcripts, etc.).

Acrobat freelance, individual, and team customers, as well as Acrobat Pro free trial users, can use the AI ​​Assistant beta today.

Adobe specifies that the features will be integrated into Reader “ in the days and weeks to come “.

Source : The Verge