Duet AI for Google Workspace can summarize paperwork, draft stories, and reply to emails. I examined out a demo model of the AI-powered software and whereas it has the potential to save lots of staff time, it isn’t with out dangers.
A characteristic I believed would probably be probably the most useful was the software’s means to learn lengthy paperwork and supply quick summaries.
I requested it to summarize considered one of my unpublished articles to check how properly it labored. The speedy outcomes had been baffling.
Duet supplied a abstract that included a number of info and figures not talked about in my work or anyplace on-line. It additionally appeared to invent an skilled, together with a random quote and group attributed to them.
Whereas AI methods are identified to “hallucinate” and Google has warned customers to be aware of this whereas utilizing the software, the boldness of the abstract might have fooled me if it wasn’t my very own work.
I attempted a couple of extra instances to summarise the article and whereas Duet did handle to write down a extra correct one, it additionally supplied a abstract that included a hallucinated examine by a pretend authorities group.
The “assist me write” characteristic for Google Docs may also bulletize, shorten, and elaborate chosen textual content. Customers can write customized prompts resembling “make it a poem.” The options labored OK however had been a bit glitchy, usually serving an error message and asking me to attempt once more.
Duet appeared to work higher when spoon-fed smaller bits of textual content. It did a great job of summarizing paragraphs or shorter paperwork.
The “rephrasing” characteristic included on Google Docs was useful and labored properly for any sentences that wanted a once-over. Duet additionally managed to place collectively a great draft of a canopy letter for a job at CNN and supplied a primary draft of a advertising plan for Taylor Swift’s subsequent album.
The software additionally works with Google’s Gmail and managed to draft three emails for me: one asking for an extension to a deadline, one other requesting a sick day, and a 3rd inviting a brand new contact out for a espresso.
The emails required little prompting and whereas they weren’t good, they served as fairly good drafts and saved me the trouble of writing them from scratch.
Duet AI additionally works with Slides and Sheets with Google’s AI image-generation tech included into Slides. Customers can generate distinctive paintings for slideshows whereas Sheets now contains a “assist me manage” button to create customized plans.
Whereas Duet AI can save staff time by serving to tidy up paperwork or draft emails, I would not suggest trusting it with something necessary at this stage.
