Posted 1/26/2024, 10:00:41 AM
Google Adds AI Writing Tool to Chrome Browser
- Google rolling out AI writing assistant in Chrome browser to help users "write with more confidence" in online contexts like reviews and comments
- Part of broader trend of adding generative AI features to popular software, but a big step as it exposes tool to billions of web users
- Will allow users to generate text instead of typing for many common web activities like posting comments, raising questions of appropriateness of tool
- May be a test case of how receptive people are to using AI generation in social vs. purely functional contexts
- Could accelerate existing issues like spam/SEO content while changing dynamics of user contributions and web corpus used to train AI systems