Adobe Brings Conversational AI to Trillions of PDFs with the New AI Assistant in Reader and Acrobat

What's AI Assistant

Today, Adobe introduced AI Assistant in beta, a new generative AI-powered conversational engine in Reader and Acrobat. Integrated into existing workflows, AI Assistant instantly generates summaries and insights from long documents, answers questions, and formats information for sharing in emails, reports, and presentations. This new feature unlocks the value from the information inside the approximately 3 trillion PDFs in the world.

Features

AI Assistant

• Generative summary: Quickly understand long documents with short, easy-to-read overviews.
• Intelligent citations: Verify the source of AI Assistant’s answers with Adobe’s custom attribution engine.
• Easy navigation: Clickable links help you find important information quickly.
• Formatted output: Consolidate and format information into emails, presentations, and reports with ease.
• Respect for customer data: Governed by data security protocols, ensuring no customer document content is stored or used without consent.
• Beyond PDF: Use AI Assistant with various document formats including Word, PowerPoint, and meeting transcripts.

Use Case

AI Assistant transforms how individuals and organizations interact with their documents:

• Project Managers: Scan, summarize, and distribute meeting highlights quickly.
• Sales Teams: Personalize pitch decks and respond to client requests in minutes.
• Students: Save time on research and focus more on analysis and insights.
• Marketing Teams: Surface top trends and issues into daily updates for stakeholders.

FAQ

How to Access AI Assistant?

AI Assistant features are available in beta for Acrobat Standard and Pro Individual and Teams subscription plans on desktop and web in English, with features coming to Reader desktop customers over the next few weeks.

What About Security?

AI Assistant in Reader and Acrobat has enterprise-grade security and information governance, developed in alignment with Adobe’s AI Ethics processes.

Is Customer Data Safe?

Adobe prohibits third-party LLMs from training on Adobe customer data and ensures all features are governed by data security protocols.

Pricing and Availability

Reader and Acrobat customers will have access to the full range of AI Assistant capabilities through a new add-on subscription plan when AI Assistant is out of beta. The new AI Assistant features are available in beta at no additional cost for existing Acrobat Standard and Pro subscription plans.

The Future of Intelligent Document Experiences

Adobe's vision includes leveraging generative AI to reimagine digital document experiences. Upcoming features will enable insights across multiple documents, AI-powered authoring, editing, and formatting, and enhanced document collaboration with AI-supported reviews.