Adobe, the global leader in creative applications, has announced the beta release of its new AI Assistant, a generative AI-powered conversational engine that is embedded within its Reader and Acrobat software. The AI Assistant aims to unlock new value from the information inside the approximately three trillion PDFs in the world, by providing instant summaries, insights, question answering, and formatting capabilities.
AI Assistant: a conversational interface for PDFs
The AI Assistant is a new feature that is deeply integrated into Reader and Acrobat workflows, allowing users to interact with PDFs in a natural and intuitive way. Users can ask questions about the content of the document, and the AI Assistant will provide answers based on its deep understanding of the PDF structure and content. The AI Assistant can also recommend questions based on the PDF’s content, to help users discover more information and insights.
The AI Assistant leverages the same artificial intelligence and machine learning models behind Acrobat Liquid Mode, the award-winning technology that supports responsive reading experiences for PDFs on mobile devices. These proprietary models enable the AI Assistant to generate high-quality and reliable outputs, as well as to provide intelligent citations so users can easily verify the source of the answers.
Generative summary: a quick overview of long documents
One of the key features of the AI Assistant is the ability to generate short and easy-to-read summaries of long documents, to help users get a quick understanding of the content. The summaries are generated using generative AI, which can create new content based on existing data. The summaries are also formatted in a neat and attractive way, using bullet points, tables, charts, and subtopics.
The generative summary feature can be useful for various scenarios, such as reading a research paper, a report, a contract, or a book. Users can save time and effort by getting the main points and takeaways from the document, without having to read the whole text.
Formatted output: a convenient way to share information
Another feature of the AI Assistant is the ability to consolidate and format information from the document into different outputs, such as top takeaways, text for emails, presentations, reports, and more. Users can simply ask the AI Assistant to create the output they need, and the AI Assistant will use generative AI to produce the content, using the appropriate style, tone, and format.
The formatted output feature can be helpful for various purposes, such as sharing information with colleagues, clients, or friends, creating slides or documents based on the PDF content, or preparing for a meeting or a presentation. Users can save time and hassle by letting the AI Assistant do the work for them, and focus on their own tasks and goals.
A new era of intelligent document experiences
Adobe’s AI Assistant is bringing generative AI to the masses, unlocking new value from the information inside PDFs, the de facto standard for the world’s most important documents. The AI Assistant is transforming PDFs into actionable knowledge and professional-looking content, enhancing productivity, creativity, and collaboration for users.
The AI Assistant is currently in beta, and is available for Acrobat Individual, Pro and Teams customers and Acrobat Pro trialists. The features will be coming to Reader over the coming days and weeks. Users can access the AI Assistant by simply opening Reader or Acrobat and starting a conversation with the AI Assistant. Adobe plans to introduce more capabilities and features for the AI Assistant in the future, as part of its vision to transform digital document experiences with generative AI.