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Watch out: Gemini is coming for your Google Workspace

The race for AI-powered work tools heats up

Rosie Hoggmascall
UX Collective
9 min read4 days ago

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It was a normal Tuesday.

I headed to my inbox to send an email to a client.

I’m just about to click ‘new draft’ when I get interrupted by a pop up:

Gemini is here to help you save time

Ironic, giving I have to spend time dismissing the pop up to continue with my work.

I’m in a hurry, so I glance over the pop up and continue.

Not long after, I’m replying to a support email.

I see a little magic pen icon and default copy ‘Help me write’.

A few moments later, I’m interrupted.

Interrupted with what looks like an onboarding tooltip:

Help me write

Get help writing a message fro scratch, or refine what you already have

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Nice information. I found this article useful. Thanks to share.

looks like Libre Office is going to be our friend if we don't want all this AI stuff messing w/ our data

Very interesting article ☺️