Adobe Acrobat Adds Generative AI To 'Easily Chat With Documents'

Adobe is adding a new generative AI experience to its Acrobat PDF management software, which aims to 'completely transform the digital document experience' by making information in long documents easier to find and understand. From a report: Announced in Adobe's press release as 'AI Assistant in Acrobat,' the new tool is described as a 'conversational engine' that can summarize files, answer questions, and recommend more based on the content, allowing users to 'easily chat with documents' to get the information they need. It's available in beta starting today for paying Acrobat users.

The idea is that the chatbot will reduce the time-consuming tasks related to working with massive text documents -- such as helping students quickly find information for research projects or summarizing large reports into snappy highlights for emails, meetings, and presentations. AI Assistant in Acrobat can be used with all document formats supported by the app, including Word and PowerPoint. The chatbot abides by Adobe's data security protocols, so it won't store data from customer documents or use it to train AI Assistant. The new AI Assistant experience is available for Acrobat customers on Standard ($12.99 per month) and Pro ($19.99 per month) plans.

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