We Put Google’s New AI Writing Assistant to the Test

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When I asked Googles AI writing aid to draft a happy birthday email to a friend, it left my brain in the dust..

Theyve been testing it for job applications, client letters, and lesson plans, says Kristina Behr, the Google vice president of product overseeing collaboration services and generative AI integrations. email arrived days after signing up..

We're effectively building with our customers in real time, she says.. Pichais demonstration at GooglesI/O conference last week featured the writing of a formal refund request to an airline, and I found Duet in Gmail a skilled grumbler..

When a Duet feature refuses to generate text, it is impossible to tell whether the cause is a bug, a poor prompt, or a content concern, because in Googlesspeedy rollout, the company hasnt gotten around to fine-tuning error notices, Behr acknowledges...

Despite their disappointments and limitations, the Duet features in Docs and Gmail seem likely to lure back some users who began to rely on ChatGPT or rival AI writing software..

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