I’m sure you remember, Google announced a few weeks ago plans to integrate several AI features into Gmail and Google Docs. The date chosen for this announcement was not at all coincidental, as weeks before it was known that Microsoft would do the same two days later, on the 16th, with the integration of Copilot into Microsoft 365. similar to what happened at the beginning of February, when Google decided to announce Bard only a few hours before Microsoft did the same with the new Bing and Edge.

However, with the announcement of built-in search engine chatbots, Microsoft entered a public beta less than a week after the new Bing was announced, in mid-February, while Google only opened a waiting list for Bard a week ago and further limited it to US and UK users with English accounts, while the scope of Microsoft’s test is practically global.

This, as we have mentioned more than once, has caused a bit of a rift in the image of Google, which, to the interpretation of many, is unable to keep up with the pace of innovation of Microsoft (who would have thought that, just a few months ago).) Moreover, this must be particularly unpleasant for Google, because if we are honest it is true and indisputable The company has been working on AI-related advancements and services for many yearsto the extent that we can consider it one of their specialties.

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It seems that this time they decided not to repeat the same thing again and according to what we can read in 9to5Google, Google has already entered the public (unopened) beta phase of Gmail and Docs AI features. However, it did not do so through a waiting list that interested parties can sign up for. Instead of, decided to send invitations consumer, business and educational users (over 18) from the United States. Of course, their acceptance is optional and users can leave the trial program at any time.

Integrating generative artificial intelligence in Gmail allows you to automatically create any type of contentand users can also let Google take what they’ve written and edit it to suit their specific needs (shorter or longer, more formal or approachable in tone, etc.). In addition, as a hallmark, this feature will also have a “get lucky” mode, an unmistakable house brand.

Similarly, the AI ​​in Google Docs can either create the text from scratch based on user input, or modify it (either created by the AI ​​or by the user) to fit what we need. After the text is generated, a menu appears on the website where the user can indicate whether they like the result, don’t like it and want to start from scratch, or want to “refine” it. that is, to make some changes.