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Adobe adds AI to PDFs, finally!, Singapore pours $740M into AI, DT wants to replace smartphone apps with AI
Sorin Ciornei
February 21, 2024
Welcome, AI enthusiasts
Adobe finally adds AI to PDFs, Singapore invests $740M in AI, and DT wants to replace smartphone apps with AI.
In today’s newsletter:
Adobe Acrobat adds generative AI to ‘easily chat with documents’
NYT plans to debut new generative AI ad tool later this year
Singapore’s AI ambitions get a boost with $740 million investment plan
AI phone: Deutsche Telekom wants to free smartphones from apps
‘Gemini Business’ and ‘Gemini Enterprise’ plans for Google Workspace are coming
NEWS OF THE DAY
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What: Adobe is adding a new generative AI experience to its Acrobat PDF management software, which aims to “completely transform the digital document experience” by making information in long documents easier to find and understand.
Key points:
💡 Adobe Acrobat introduces a new AI Assistant, a generative AI experience.
📚 The AI Assistant aims to transform the digital document experience by making information in long documents easier to find and understand.
🗣 Users can "easily chat with documents" to get the information they need.
⏰ The AI Assistant reduces time-consuming tasks related to working with massive text documents.
📝 It can summarize, answer questions, recommend more content, and generate citations within documents.
Noteworthy: Finally our PDF will be easily digestable and tailored to our preference. AI has some low hanging fruits, when it comes to where you use it. 1 year into the AI launch we see more complex use cases being tackled.
EDITORIAL
What: Learn how to use AI tools to write, edit, design, and publish your own book in 2024, no matter what genre or niche you choose.
Key points:
✍️ AI tools can assist in writing, editing, designing, and publishing books across various genres, from fiction to non-fiction.
🎨 Canva and Midjourney are recommended for designing a professional and attractive book cover.
🌐 Publishing options and platforms for 2024 are discussed.
💰 The global trade book sales revenue is estimated at $78.07 billion in 2023, with a 2.53% increase over 2022.
Noteworthy: We are starting a series on how to tackle passive income for those of you who are interested in writing the book you always wanted to. According to a survey by The New York Times, 81% of Americans want to write a book someday.
LATEST NEWS
The New York Times is recruiting partners to test new ad-targeting solutions using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) beginning next quarter, executives told Axios. It plans to make the new tool widely available to marketers in the second half of the year.
📈 The NYT aims to make the AI-driven ad-targeting solutions widely available to marketers in the second half of the year.
🎯 The generative AI tool suggests where an ad campaign could perform best based on its message or objectives and can target previously unidentifiable niche audiences.
🔍 The Times is experimenting with various large language models (LLMs) to power the new tool.
landscape photography in the style of Franco Fontana of the city of Singapore at sunset
Singapore will pump more than 1 billion Singapore dollars (about $743 million) over the next five years to further boost AI capabilities, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in his Budget speech on Friday.
landscape photography in the style of Chris Burkard of a surfer getting out of the water with a smartphone in his hand
The smartphone is a real everyday helper. An app can help with almost anything, whether for entertainment, shopping or traveling. But the many apps can also be a pain. When travelling, travel, accommodation and program need to be organized. Until now, this has meant visiting various apps such as train or flight portals, hotel booking sites or recommendation apps. Visionary showcase at MWC 2024 shows the world of an app-free AI smartphone
If you read our article on how AI will affect page views and websites, this is further proof the change is even bigger on the AppEconomy side.
Google’s work on Gemini continues with upcoming “Business” and “Enterprise” plans for Workspace customers.
The upcoming changelog — as spotted by Testing Catalog and Dylan Roussel on X/Twitter today — reveals the existence of “Gemini Business” and “Gemini Enterprise” plans. This will give “Google Workspace customers access to one of Google’s most capable Al models, 1.0 Ultra in Gemini and enterprise-grade data protections.” Notably, this means employee “conversations aren’t used to train Gemini models.”
MIDJOURNEY PICK OF THE DAY
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Check out our guides on how to generate the best Midjourney pictures, from fashion, nature, street art or illustration.