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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage right now. No wonder Google had plenty of AI-related announcements to make at its I/O conference on Wednesday. It announced new AI tools for Search and Workspace and opened a public waitlist for its AI music creation tool MusicLM. Alongside these, the company also launched a new experimental AI tool called Project Tailwind.
Google describes Project Tailwind as an “AI-first notebook” that is “grounded in the information you choose and trust”. It is an intelligent notebook that can help you in creating notes by quickly finding out relevant information within the documents you provide to it. You start by uploading or picking documents already saved in Google Drive. Tailwind will analyze the document and instantly create an AI model with expertise in the information contained in those documents.
You can then proceed to create notes and Tailwind will be your research companion. It will provide you with all the relevant information you need to note down for any topic. The AI tool can also create a summary of any topic on its own. Tailwind cites the sources of all information in your documents. So if you need further explanation, you can quickly check out the document. Its other abilities include providing you with new ideas for notes and giving you a Reading Quiz.
Given its capabilities, Tailwind appears a great AI companion for anyone who deals with a lot of text documents every day. For example, students can use it to create study materials based on a specific syllabus or digital books. Since the tool doesn’t source any information from the web when creating notes, you can always find more details in the saved documents or books. Tailwind can also help analysts going through an earnings report or lawyers going through a case.
Project Tailwind is currently in the experimental stage
During the announcement at Google I/O yesterday, the company described Project Tailwind as a “prototype” that has been “put together over the last few weeks” (via). It’s still in the experimental stage with no ETA for a public release. However, users in the US can join an open waitlist to get early access to this interesting project. You can sign up for the waitlist at Google Labs here. The company will let you know when the new AI tool is available to you. Stay tuned for more information about the public launch of Project Tailwind.