When ChatGPT kicked off a generative AI frenzy in November, 2022, companies quickly took note of its massive potential to increase work productivity.
There's ChatGPT, Bing, and Bard that are all free, standalone AI chatbots to be used for general purposes (to varying degrees of success). But then there are generative AI tools that get integrated into the work software you already use. Because they can access emails, CRMs, documents, and other work-related info (still getting used to that), generative AI tools for work can basically function as your personal assistant. Thanks to large language models like GPT-4, these tools can summarize and explain text, draft copy, compose emails, transcribe meetings, create agendas and notes, and even analyze spreadsheet data.
1. Google Cloud Learning Machine
The google cloud learning machine is incredibly beneficial to developers, data scientists, or anyone trying to take their ML projects to the next level. This program’s integrated toolchain allows you to build and develop your own machine learning applications, quickly and cost-effectively.
Because this program is Google-based you will have access to all Google’s cutting edge AI technology like Tensorflow, TPUs, or TFX tools as you deploy your program. You will also be able to use Google’s open-source platform, Kubeflow which allows you to create portable ML pipelines that change run on-premises or via Google cloud with minimal code changes.
Microsoft 365 Copilot
After Microsoft announced the new Bing powered by GPT-4, it swiftly followed up with Copilot, which uses large language models to automate tasks within its portfolio of work apps including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. With Copilot, users can use generative AI to draft text in Word, create slideshows in PowerPoint from a simple prompt, and analyze data in Excel to generate charts and graphs.
In Outlook, Copilot can summarize email threads and compose emails, and in Teams it can create summaries of meetings in real time if you're running late and need to catch up on what you missed.
Currently, Copilot is only available to enterprises via an invitation-only paid preview program. Microsoft says it plans to expand access over time, but doesn't give specifics on exactly when.
Google Duet AI
Google went hard on generative AI announcements at I/O, its annual developers conference. The company is rolling out a collection of tools for its Workspace apps called Duet AI. In Gmail and Docs, users can click the "Help me write" icon and ask the tool to help compose an email or write a draft of something like a job description. In Gmail, Duet AI can understand the context of an email you received, and calibrate your response to be shorter, more elaborate, or formal.
Duet AI tools are only available, or soon to be available, in a testing environment called Labs. Currently, only trusted testers have access to Labs, but you can sign up for the waitlist for when Google rolls out access more broadly.
Zoom IQ
Not to be outdone by Microsoft Teams, Zoom launched some of its own AI-powered features for video conferencing. Zoom IQ, which is the name for Zoom's collection of smart tools, now has the ability to summarize meetings in real time, powered by OpenAI's API.
Slack GPT
ChatGPT's summarizing and analyzing skills have entered the Slack channel. A ChatGPT plugin for Slack is already available as a bot that that you can tag and ask to summarize or draft messages. But soon, Slack GPT will have natively embedded summarization and text generation within Slack's existing features. Instead of tagging a bot, you can summarize unread messages in a channel with the click of a button, or click the star icon in the toolbar to compose or refine a message. Slack GPT can also automatically transcribe Huddles into notes. Slack GPT will be released later this year.