Adobe has announced they have added AI Assistant in beta into Reader and Acrobat to provide a brand new experience in an AI-powered conversational engine.
The model behind the new feature comes from the same base as Acrobat Liquid Mode previously powered things like responsive reading experiences of PDFS on mobile. With generative AI being added into the mix, users can access new capabilities as below:
- AI Assistant – Ask the AI about anything within a PDF document such as the main message
- Generative Summary – Get short overviews of long documents in an easy-to-read format
- Intelligent Citations – Generate citations in a flash thanks to Adobe’s custom attribution engine and proprietary AI model
- Easy Navigation – Move through hundreds of pages in a flash through clickable links
- Formatted Output – AI Assistant helps you comb through information, consolidate, and format info into things like takeaways, emails, presentations, and any format you need
- Privacy Focused – No customer document content is ever stored or used for further AI training without customer consent
- Beyond PDF – Not only PDF but also other things like Word and PowerPoint files as well as meeting transcripts can be contextualized and processed
Pricing and Availability
Existing Adobe Reader and Acrobat users will be able to access AI Assistant after it comes out of beta through an add-on subscription plan but for now, all Acrobat Standard/Pro Individual/Teams users on desktop and web will be able to use it for free in English. Other languages will be made available as time goes on.
Private beta is available for enterprise customers, however.
