Google is adding an "AI Inbox" to Gmail
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Google is giving Gmail a big AI boost with a built-in proofreader, an automated summary of long e-mail threads and an "AI Inbox" that plows through your e-mail to suggest tasks that need follow-up.
Why it matters: The new features are part of an effort to make finding information in e-mail more like talking with a chatbot.
The big picture: Google announced a slew of new features on Thursday.
- Some are not yet broadly available.
- Others are only available to paid subscribers.
1. AI Summaries
Much as it already does for web searches, Google is adding an automatic summary for e-mail threads and the ability to ask questions within Gmail search.
- The thread summaries will be available for all U.S. users, while the search summaries require a Google One Ultra or Google One Pro subscription.
2. Proofreader
Between the lines: The tool offers suggestions as a user writes.
- Google says the proofreader can improve clarity, conciseness, grammar and sentence structure.
- Available for paid subscribers in the U.S.
3. AI Inbox
AI will surface items that may require more immediate action or attention and it will give a recap of other potentially important messages.
- Limited to a small group of trusted testers for now,
What they're saying: All of the new features are limited to personal accounts, for now, though Google says it is working to bring them to people who use Google Workspace for their work e-mail.
- "We definitely want to bring these features to them and a lot of them will be coming soon, some as early as next month," Google's Blake Barnes said in response to a question from Axios.
