Summary

  • Google has announced new AI features for its Workspace apps, with the central focus being on its AI named Gemini.
  • The new features include an editor that can make suggestions in Google Docs documents, and another tool to help make sense of spreadsheets.
  • One of the more interesting, yet creepy features, is the capability to create AI-generated podcast hosts to talk about the key points of a document.
  • This “podcast” feature was previously available in NotebookLM and the Gemini app, but will now be available on Google Docs for Workspace accounts.
  • Another feature is directed at refining written work, by leaving comments with suggestions on how to improve an existing draft.
  • The final feature, coming later this year, will help Sheets users to analyse data, providing insights and trends within spreadsheets. him to tighten up an existing draft.
  • This one will be available “later this quarter.

By Allison Johnson

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