Two weeks after unveiling its generative AI features for its Workspace apps, Google is about to start public testing in Gmail and Docs.
Kick-off for the public tests of the generative AI dedicated to Google Workplace applications, but first on Gmail and Docs, and in committee ” reduced “. As 9to5Google points out, these first trials are to be conducted with consumers and businesses as well as with users in the education sector (over the age of 18), and for now only in the United States.
These different categories of users, invited by Google, must register for the program and agree to participate… with however the possibility of leaving it at any time, explains the specialized site.
An AI to do the dirty work for you on Gmail and Docs
In detail, Google’s generative AI will automate a multitude of things in Gmail and Docs. On Google messaging, for example, it will be possible to generate drafts ranging from a simple birthday invitation to a cover letter for a job. The testers concerned will also be able to ask the AI to take written content and improve it, or on the contrary to simplify it, even to shorten it until it is limited to a simple summary with a bulleted list.
Source: Google via 9to5Google
It will also be possible to make a hastily written email more formal, or even to let Google’s AI add a few more or less fanciful flourishes, through an option ” I’m lucky similar to the one offered on Google search.
Regarding Docs this time, Google’s AI will be able – much in the same way as on Gmail – to make a text more detailed or to rewrite it in order to make it more concise, explains 9to5Google. It will also be possible to have him write blog articles or even write song lyrics. These functions will likely be available via a “ help me write “.
Source: Google via 9to5Google
This button will bring up an input prompt in which users can request the AI, or even ask it to generate something else if the content initially created is not satisfactory. The generated text can then be added manually in the open Docs document, in order to modify it at will.
Of course, it will be possible to bring up some feedback to Google so that the firm can refine its AI and make it more relevant, both on Gmail and Docs. The group promises to extend the availability of its AI ” with time “, without however setting up a waiting list for future testers.
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