Google on Tuesday made its artificial intelligence-powered tools available to enterprise customers at a monthly price of $30 (nearly Rs. 2,500) per user as the Alphabet-owned company looks to capitalize on the technology’s massive popularity this year.
The price is the same as rival Microsoft’s “Copilot” AI-powered office software suite that includes Teams and Outlook.
Google has stepped up investment in generative AI this year as it catches up after Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT took the tech world by storm last year.
Tuesday’s announcement was made at the Google Next conference in San Francisco, where the company also unveiled a new version of its custom AI chips and a tool for watermarking and identifying AI-generated images.
Google’s new tools include “Duet AI in Workspace,” which will help customers in its apps with things like writing in Docs, composing emails in Gmail, and generating custom images in Slides.
“We released this add-on in response to strong customer demand and will continue to improve and expand,” Google said, adding that the tools have been tested by more than one million users.
The company plans to release more offerings in the coming months for other customer segments, including small and medium businesses and consumers.
On Monday, OpenAI also announced the release of a new ChatGPT version for large companies. ChatGPT Enterprise is said to provide greater security, privacy, and faster access to OpenAI’s technology. The version’s first clients include Block, Carlyle, and Estee Lauder Companies.
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