On May 10, 2023, in Google’s most recent I/O 2023, Google responded to the code red that was announced in the tech company after ChatGPT took the whole world by storm, by announcing to integrate its AI efforts and weaving it into Google Workspace environment. The name that it gives to the project is Google Workspace Duet AI.
Therefore, leveraging the already-established ecosystem that Google has developed over the years it announces Duet AI.
What is Google Workspace Duet AI?
The new AI-powered tool, Workspace Duet AI, helps users collaborate more effectively. Users can utilize the tool to generate content and images from text, translate languages, create presentations, find information, answer questions, and even lay out a complete structural workflow based on a simple text-based command.
…And the best part, it all comes along with the normal Google Workspace subscription.
Google Workspace Duet AI: The Future of Collaboration
Google, although introduced Bard in response to the much-hyped ChatGPT and the ensuing war that’s going on in the real of Artificial Intelligence (AI), churning out a product is just a part of the solution. The real challenge is to convince the users to actually use their product.
Google, with an advantage and head start of an already-established user base has decided to now double down on this advantage and integrate all the AI developments that they are breaking through, with their Google Workspace environment.
Hence we see multiple “productivity tools” leveraging the AI tech, are now either in the pipeline or being constantly shipped and tagged along with widely used products like Google Docs, Sheets, etc.
How does Duet AI work?
Let’s get a bit technical here.
Google Workspace Duet AI uses a variety of AI techniques to provide its features. These techniques include Natural Language Processing(NLP), Machine Learning(ML), and Computer Vision(CV).
Natural language processing analyzes the meaning of the text to offer suggestions for grammar, spelling, and style, as well as generate content.
Data is utilized to train Machine Learning models, enabling them to provide suggestions for changes and edits, as well as track changes and resolve conflicts.
Images are processed through Computer Vision algorithms, enabling them to understand and generate backgrounds for video calls.
Features of Google Workspace Duet AI
Duet AI has a number of features that make it a powerful tool for collaboration. Some of the features include:
- Document generation: It can generate documents from scratch or from existing documents.
- Translation: It can translate documents into multiple languages.
- Presentation creation: It can create presentations from scratch or from existing documents based on simple text-based prompts.
- Finding information: It can find information from the web and provide it to users in a summarized format.
- Answering Questions: It can answer questions that users ask in natural language and suggest solutions to their technical problems in real-time.
Examples of how Google Workspace Duet AI can be used to improve productivity
Some examples of how you can use Google Workspace Duet AI to improve productivity are as follows::
Generate Content In Google Docs
You can use Google Workspace Duet AI to generate content for documents. For instance, you can invoke the Help Me Write feature in Google Docs and generate a whole job description just by giving it a one-line command.

This will not only generate plain old text-based content but also will include Smart Chips for information like location and status.
Auto-Classify Data & Generate Plans On Spreadsheets
Duet AI can understand the context of data in a cell and assign a label to it, helping eliminate the burden of manual data entry. This can save time and toil in developing a clear and visually engaging analysis.
Moreover, it can automatically create custom plans for tasks, projects, or any activity that you want to track or manage. Simply describe what you’re trying to accomplish, and Sheets generates a plan that helps you get organized.
For example, you could type “client and pet roster for a dog walking business with rates”, in the Help Me Organize prompt box and Duet AI would generate a spreadsheet with all the relevant information almost doing everything that used to take forever before.

Create Presentations
In Google Slides, you can use Duet AI to create presentations from scratch or from existing documents. This can save users time and effort, especially when they are working on presentations with a lot of data.

Moreover, it can also generate images and other useful assets to be included in the presentation, based on the text-based prompts that you can enter in the Help Me Visualize prompt box.
Code Assistance for Cloud Users
Duet AI for Google Cloud provides code assistance, which gives real-time code recommendations and suggestions on how to fix vulnerabilities and errors in Go, Java, Javascript, Python, and SQL code.
It can also generate full functions and code blocks. Duet AI for AppSheet lets users create intelligent business applications, connect their data, and build workflows into Google Workspace via natural language, with no coding required.

Duet AI for Google Cloud is available through multiple products and services across Google Cloud, such as Cloud Workstations and Cloud Console.
Chat Assistance For Google Cloud Developers
Chat assistance is a helpful tool that can provide users with real-time guidance on a variety of topics. Whether you’re looking for help using a specific cloud service or function, or you need a detailed implementation plan for your cloud project, chat assistance can help. It can also provide architectural or coding best practices, so you don’t have to waste time searching for relevant documents.
To use chat assistance, simply type your question into the chat box and a live agent will be available to help you. Chat assistance is available 24/7, so you can get help whenever you need it.

Here are a few examples of the types of questions that chat assistance can help with:
- How do I create a new cloud project?
- What are the different cloud services available?
- How do I use a specific cloud service?
- What are the best practices for coding in the cloud?
- How do I troubleshoot a cloud issue?
Chat assistance is a great way to get help with your cloud projects. It’s quick, easy, and convenient. So why not give it a try?
Connect Data & Build Workflows
Duet AI for AppSheet is a new tool that makes it easy for anyone to create business applications. With no coding required, you can use natural language to describe your needs and Duet AI will create an app for you. You can connect your data to Google Workspace and build workflows that automate your work. This frees up developer teams to focus on other high-impact work.

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Benefits of using Google Workspace Duet AI
There are many benefits to using Google Workspace Duet AI. Some of the benefits include:
- Increased productivity: It can help users to be more productive by automating tasks and providing helpful suggestions.
- Improved collaboration: It can help users to collaborate more effectively by providing a shared workspace for documents, presentations, and other files.
- Enhanced creativity: It can help users to be more creative by providing tools for generating text, translating languages, and creating presentations.
How Can A Google Workspace User Use Duet AI?
Google Duet AI is currently in beta and is available to a limited number of users. Google has not yet announced a public release date for Duet AI.
So how can one take Google Workspace Duet AI for a “ride”?
Well, for starters, you can join their waitlist on Google Labs. Since Google is actively seeking input from the users, they’re constantly letting many people in to try the products that they haven’t officially released for the public. So you can go ahead and join their waitlist as well.
Having said that, not everyone is lucky to get into the club. Many users see the following message when they apply to join the waitlist.

Some people claim that this opportunity is only available to the US account holders but honestly speaking, we couldn’t confirm this.
We will make sure to upload the relevant tutorials and guides as soon as the product is officially “shipped” and available to the common public.
Final Thoughts
Wrapping it all up, Duet AI is a great development for Google Workspace users who want to ramp up their productivity by many folds. Although many of these “innovations” are still “under construction” but looking at the progress, the future sure looks quite exciting and even more interesting would now be the responses of Google’s competitors like Microsoft which is competing in the same turf and offers more or same the same kind of products to its users.
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