Adobe has announced a significant update to its Acrobat software, integrating a suite of generative AI features to enhance document interactivity and productivity. Users can now edit PDFs using natural language prompts for tasks like removing pages, replacing text, or adding signatures. The update also introduces the ability to generate presentation decks from documents and create podcast-style audio summaries, making it easier to consume long-form content.
These new tools are part of Adobe's broader strategy to embed AI across its product lines, transforming static documents into dynamic workspaces. The presentation generator leverages Adobe Express templates, while the AI assistant can provide summaries with citations to the source material within the document, ensuring verifiability. This move intensifies Adobe's competition with companies like Microsoft, which are also heavily investing in AI-powered productivity tools.