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At Google Cloud Next this week, the tech giant announced a bevy of new updates to Workspace, its subscription-based productivity suite aimed at professionals. As you might expect, the updates are heavy on AI, integrating new automation tools into various workflows \u2014 everything from drafting emails to organizing Google Sheets. Overall, the changes are clearly designed to give office workers a leg up in their pursuit of less busy work.<\/p>\n
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Workspace Intelligence<\/strong>. Workspace Intelligence, a new AI system built into Google\u2019s office suite, is designed to automate assistance across various tasks. The system draws on a user\u2019s Workspace data, including their Gmail, Calendar, Chat, and Drive (Docs, Slides, and Sheets). Google has given users administrative control over what the AI system can see and access. Users can disable Workspace Intelligence\u2019s access to particular data sources at any time. The tradeoff: The more data the system has access to, the more it\u2019s able to assist in those particular areas.<\/p>\n Build and fill out Google Sheets with Gemini<\/strong>. A number of new features allow users to both build and fill out Google Sheets, the company\u2019s spreadsheet tool. Users can construct sheets by prompting Gemini to construct them. Prompts can include things like formatting and data retrieval, allowing Google\u2019s AI system to do much of the work a human would\u2019ve previously needed to do. At the same time, Gemini also helps with data entry, automatically filling out Sheets with \u201cprompt-based\u201d filling. Google claims that its new feature allows users to populate the spreadsheets \u201c9x faster\u201d than manual entry, because the system is designed to infer what you\u2019re going to enter. Another new Sheets feature allows users to convert unstructured data into organized tables.<\/p>\n AI writing capabilities<\/strong>. Google has also brought new new AI writing tools to Google Docs. Users can now use Gemini to \u201cgenerate, write, and refine\u201d documents. The feature is powered by the company\u2019s Workspace Intelligence system, which draws on data from a user\u2019s Drive, Chat, and Gmail archives, as well as the internet, to assist with editorial tasks. Users merely prompt Gemini to help them write or edit their documents. Users can prompt Gemini to \u201chelp me write\u201d or ask it to \u201cmatch\u201d their writing style so that it can effectively mimic their voice.<\/p>\n Realizing that enterprise customers are where the money is, tech companies are racing to deploy the most convenient and efficient office tools \u2014 applications that can make the average worker\u2019s life a matter of degrees easier. Google has a certain advantage; its office products are already deeply embedded in workplaces worldwide, giving it a built-in audience for these AI upgrades. But Microsoft, Apple, and a growing field of startups are all competing for the same turf.<\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco, CA<\/span>
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