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Adobe unveiled an artificial intelligence assistant designed to enhance user productivity and comprehension when navigating PDFs and other documents. Currently in beta, the AI assistant is now accessible on Acrobat, with plans for features to roll out on Reader in the near future. Once out of beta, Adobe intends to offer a subscription plan for the tool.
This AI assistant promises to streamline the process of digesting lengthy PDF documents by generating concise summaries of their contents. Additionally, it boasts a “conversational interface” enabling users to pose questions about the document’s information. The assistant can even suggest relevant inquiries that users might consider asking. Moreover, it facilitates document verification by generating citations for the source of its answers and offers text generation for various formats such as emails, presentations, and reports.
While other AI models like ChatGPT offer PDF readers with similar capabilities, Adobe’s AI assistant stands out as a built-in feature, eliminating the need for users to upload PDFs externally. In a recent interview, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen emphasized the tool’s role in democratizing access to the vast repository of PDFs in use globally. Narayen highlighted the AI assistant’s capacity to summarize documents, engage in conversations, and correlate information across different documents within an enterprise.
Responding to queries regarding potential competition from OpenAI’s Sora model, Narayen affirmed Adobe’s commitment to advancing video models responsibly. He indicated Adobe’s ongoing work on video models and expressed the company’s intention to integrate this technology into its suite of tools and workflows thoughtfully.