Most research, financial information, service terminology and other data is stored in PDF documents every day. But parsing them efficiently and reliably can be time-consuming.Adobe up to dateAn AI assistant has been launched to solve users' problems with PDF files. Available for $4.99 per month, the AI assistant helps users easily get the information they need from cluttered PDFs.
AI Assistant is designed to have a chatbot-like interface that allows users to ask questions about documents and get the information they need quickly and easily. It parses the content of a PDF document and then prompts the user with suggested questions so you can "chat" with the document.
The AI Assistant's custom attribution engine ensures that you always have access to references to its answers - a particularly important feature given the tendency of some models to produce "phantom" information. Custom attribution makes AI Assistant a potentially useful learning partner.
Announced on U.S. Tax Day as an AI assistant, Adobe has come up with potential uses (especially for procrastinators) for helping people make sense of financial documents and extracting key information to help them file their taxes. Additionally, the AI tool summarizes content into a short overview, providing "key takeaways" that are easily formatted for emails, presentations, blogs and reports.
Adobe's Assistant improves productivity in document formats other than PDF (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, etc.). Currently, AI Assistant is available in English; other languages are coming soon. Users with a free version of Acrobat Reader or a paid individual plan can get the full power of AI Assistant through a subscription, starting at $4.99.
Adobe says this is early access pricing available until June 5th. Users who want to try before they buy can try the beta version of AI Assistant for free on Reader mobile. That version also supports voice commands, so users can verbally ask the AI Assistant to summarize and query documents.