Change the document directly in the chat window

Change the document directly in the chat window! Google Gemini upgrade: fully supports inline editing of PDF, table and code files. According to news on October 30, Google artificial intelligence assistant Gemini ushered in a major functional upgrade with full practicality. From now on, when all users generate, preview and manage files within Gemini, they can directly modify them in the chat interface, completely getting rid of the cumbersome process of needing to download separately or jump to an external application to make adjustments after generation. The file formats open for inline editing and preview this time are quite comprehensive, covering PDF, Google Docs, Google Sheets, presentations, Markdown files, TXT text and various code files. In terms of platform support, the preview and editing functions of PDF files have been simultaneously launched on the web and mobile terminals, while all other file formats mainly support web operations at this stage. Looking back, Google has successively launched file generation and download functions for Gemini earlier this year, and this update further opens up the closed loop of "generation-modification". According to the official introduction, users can open the document in full screen for detailed editing when using it; not only that, they can also directly select specific text inside the file to ask questions to Gemini, or directly issue modification instructions. For example, users only need to select a newly generated table and directly ask Gemini to convert it into a chart with one click, which greatly improves the efficiency of interaction between daily office work and content creation. In terms of ecological background, although users could previously rely on Gemini's integration capabilities within the Google Workspace office suite to process files (such as adjusting through the sidebar in Google Docs), this update directly embeds the editing capabilities into the independent chat interface of Gemini. Coincidentally, competitor Anthropic also launched similar functions earlier this year, allowing users to directly generate and edit documents and presentations in the conversation window of Claude. As major mainstream AI assistants have successively made up for this shortcoming, the boundaries of conversational AI as a productivity tool are being further broadened. via AI News (author: AI Base)