Adobe Acrobat adds generative AI to ‘easily chat with documents’
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AI Assistant in Acrobat can recommend questions that you may have about the contents of a document and then answer those inquiries so you don't have to rummage through the file. | Image: Adobe 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. 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...