We’ve seen how generative AI and its associated Large Language Models (LLMs) can build websites, create art, and write text. But beyond the pros and cons of using these tools to produce new content, there’s another use case that doesn’t get as much attention: analyzing and summarizing large blocks of text.
Earnings Report Summary with AI Assistant | Adobe Acrobat
It's a tedious and time-consuming task for humans, and AI is generally good at it (although we should always caution against relying entirely on artificial intelligence when accuracy and clarity are important).
Of course, there are times to do this and times not to: you won’t get the richness and emotion of Bleak House from an AI summary of it. But when you need a near-instant summary of a long, detailed document, AI can help.
Adobe is the latest company to roll out these sorts of AI capabilities, adding a beta AI Assistant to its Reader and Acrobat products. The idea is that you can literally chat with your PDFs to glean insights and information from them, though you will have to sign up for one of the paid plans (starting at $22.99 per month).
