{"id":8596,"date":"2023-03-14T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/14\/google-generative-ai-coming-to-docs-gmail-in-workspace\/"},"modified":"2023-03-14T14:44:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:44:00","slug":"google-generative-ai-coming-to-docs-gmail-in-workspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/14\/google-generative-ai-coming-to-docs-gmail-in-workspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Google: Generative AI coming to Docs, Gmail in Workspace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google is bringing generative AI to its Workspace suite. Coming first to Gmail and Google Docs, you will soon be able to enter a prompt to Google will generate a first draft for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google Docs. <\/strong>Now instead of just getting a blank screen, you will see a prompt \u2013 <em>Help me write<\/em>. In the example Google shared, you could instantly create a job description for a regional sales representative then hit a blue <em>Create<\/em> button.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a preview of what it will look like:<\/p>\n<p><strong>But. <\/strong>As with all things AI, you\u2019ll want to review and edit whatever Google Docs will provide. That\u2019s why Google noted \u201cAI is no replacement for the ingenuity, creativity, and smarts of real people. Sometimes the AI gets things wrong,\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gmail.<\/strong> Google will also be bringing generative AI to Gmail to help you write and rewrite drafts. Google highlighted how you could input a few notes and then <em>Formalize<\/em> it.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the <em>Formalize<\/em> option, Google\u2019s preview image included five additional generative AI features \u2013 <em>Elaborate<\/em>, <em>Shorten<\/em>, <em>Bulletize<\/em>, <em>I\u2019m Feeling Lucky<\/em> (\u201ca new playful voice\u201d) and <em>Write a draft<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vaporware (a.k.a., coming soon).<\/strong> This is another step in <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-ai-search-stalling-scrambling-394051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google\u2019s slow rush into AI<\/a>. Google has only announced these new additions \u2013 they aren\u2019t actually available yet. As with <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-launches-bard-its-answer-to-chatgpt-to-trusted-testers-here-is-what-it-looks-like-392729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bard<\/a>, Google said the generative AI features in Workspace are only available to a small set of \u201ctrusted testers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why we care.<\/strong> If you use Google Workspace, then you\u2019ll probably want to test out these tools when they become available to see just how useful and time-saving this actually may be for creating content or emails. AI is already baked into Gmail and Google Docs (think: finishing sentences for you or the ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-docs-can-write-your-meta-descriptions-383257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">generate content summaries<\/a>), and these additions could potentially help save you more time on some more mundane day-to-day tasks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dig deeper.<\/strong> You can read Google\u2019s announcements <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/technology\/ai\/ai-developers-google-cloud-workspace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/workspace.google.com\/blog\/product-announcements\/generative-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-generative-ai-coming-to-docs-gmail-in-workspace-394250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google: Generative AI coming to Docs, Gmail in Workspace<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Search Engine Land<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google is bringing generative AI to its Workspace suite. Coming first to Gmail and Google Docs, you will soon be able to enter a prompt to Google will generate a first draft for you. Google Docs. Now instead of just getting a blank screen, you will see a prompt \u2013 Help me write. In the example Google shared, you could instantly create a job description for a regional sales representative then hit a blue Create button. Here\u2019s a preview of what it will look like: But. 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