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Artificial Intelligence/10 May 2023

Duet AI’s Workspace preview separates planning from calculation

Sheets gets a planning-table tool while other Workspace features remain on the roadmap.

At a glance

  • Workspace Labs access uses a waitlist.
  • The “help me organize” preview generates tables, not formulas, according to TechCrunch.
  • Google plans contextual help after Gmail mobile drafting.

Google introduced Duet AI for Workspace on 10 May, extending its AI preview and opening a Workspace Labs waitlist. Gmail and Docs writing tools already have trusted testers; wider access still depends on the rollout.

Photo: Anthony Quintano, “Google at the 2012 Democratic National Convention North Carolina”. Taken 6 September 2012. CC BY 2.0. Resized and cropped. Historical Google display; no endorsement implied.

Google’s Sheets announcement names the planning feature “help me organize”, for tasks and projects. TechCrunch’s launch-day report says it generates tables with sample content, rather than formulas or reasoning over an existing spreadsheet.

For users, that makes the demonstrated tool a way to set up a plan, with the spreadsheet’s calculations still a separate task.

Google describes Gmail mobile’s sequence: prompting for a draft comes first, with replies that automatically fill in names and other context promised afterward.

TechCrunch also lists a chat interface for Docs and automatic speaker notes for Slides as future work.


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