Level Up Productivity with Generative AI in Adobe Acrobat

Summary

In this session, Adobe's Lori Defurio and Alex Gay introduce generative AI in Adobe Acrobat, a feature that revolutionizes productivity by summarizing and extracting insights from PDF documents swiftly. The AI assistant facilitates quick document reviews, question-answering, and information synthesis, saving time and enhancing efficiency across various departments. The technology is currently in beta, available in English, with plans for language expansion and adherence to Adobe's AI ethics. Generative AI in Acrobat promises a future of continuous innovation, making work more insightful and efficient.

Takeaways

• 🚀 Adobe Acrobat introduces Generative AI to enhance productivity by providing insights from documents faster.
• 🤖 The Generative AI in Acrobat is a result of 30 years of experience with PDFs, focusing on making content more leverageable and understanding document structure.
• 📚 AI Assistant in Acrobat allows users to ask questions of the document, get summaries, and extract knowledge at a much faster rate than traditional methods.
• 🔍 AI Assistant provides instant insights and summaries, enabling users to quickly understand long documents and focus on the most important information.
• 🛠️ AI Assistant can synthesize large amounts of information, helping users to digest content much faster and get to the core parts of the information quickly.
• 💼 Use cases for AI Assistant span across various departments such as HR, finance, and sales, streamlining the process of extracting insights from documents.
• 📈 The technology has been tested internally at Adobe, saving analysts hours per week by automating the process of synthesizing information from reports.
• 📝 AI Assistant can draft emails, summarize key takeaways, and format information for repurposing in presentations or reports.
• 🗣️ The 'Ask' feature of AI Assistant is a game-changer, allowing users to get direct answers from documents instead of just searching for keywords.
• 🌐 Generative AI in Acrobat is currently in beta, available for Acrobat Standard and Pro users on Windows, Mac OS, and the web application, excluding mobile.
• 🗣️ Adobe ensures the responsible use of AI, with the technology undergoing Adobe's AI ethics process and adhering to principles of accountability, responsibility, and transparency.

Q & A

What is the main focus of the session on generative AI in Adobe Acrobat?

The session focuses on how generative AI capabilities in Adobe Acrobat can help users enhance productivity by providing insights and summarizing information from documents more efficiently.

Who are the presenters in this session?

Lori Defurio, the principal evangelist at Adobe, and Alex Gay, the senior director for Acrobat at Adobe, are the presenters in this session.

What is generative AI in the context of Adobe Acrobat?

Generative AI in Adobe Acrobat refers to the technology that allows users to ask questions of a document, get summaries, and extract knowledge from documents at a much faster rate, leveraging Adobe's 30 years of experience with PDFs.

How does generative AI in Acrobat help with document consumption?

Generative AI in Acrobat helps by providing instant insights, allowing users to quickly understand long documents, summarize and format information for repurposing, and replace searching a document with asking questions to get to the answer faster.

What is the advantage of using generative AI over traditional document search?

Generative AI allows users to ask questions directly to the document, providing more accurate and contextually relevant answers compared to traditional search, which might yield too many irrelevant results.

How does generative AI in Acrobat help with summarizing documents?

Generative AI in Acrobat provides a generative summary that gives an instant overview of the document and a summary of the content in each section, making it easier to understand and share key information.

What are some use cases where generative AI in Acrobat can be beneficial?

Use cases include HR teams synthesizing information for policy clarifications, financial analysts summarizing earnings reports, and sales teams extracting insights from customer transcripts.

Is the generative AI feature in Acrobat available in languages other than English?

Currently, the generative AI feature in Acrobat is available in English, but Adobe plans to support other languages in the near future.

How does Adobe ensure the ethical use of AI in Acrobat?

Adobe's AI ethics process ensures that the generative AI in Acrobat is used responsibly, adhering to principles of accountability, responsibility, and transparency.

How does Adobe protect customer data and documents when using generative AI?

Adobe ensures that there is zero training on LLMs based on the data from the prompts or document data, ensuring that customer data is not used to train other LLM models.

Is there an additional cost to use generative AI features in Acrobat?

For a limited time during the beta, the generative AI functionality in Acrobat is included at no additional charge in current Acrobat free trials and Acrobat Standard and Pro subscription plans.

How can users access the generative AI assistant in Acrobat?

Users can access the AI assistant in Acrobat by opening Acrobat and clicking on the AI assistant icon in the corner. It is available for Acrobat Standard and Pro users on both Windows and Mac OS, as well as on the Acrobat web application.