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The tool uses ChatGPT to summarize Gmail emails


Smart Summaries are a shortwave feature that suggests replies and creates short summaries of the contents of messages received in Gmail

Startup Shortwave will use the power of GPT-3.5 technology to create summaries for their Gmail emails. The company is famous for bringing relevant add-ons to the email service of the Google and now he wants to add a touch of AI to his inbox.



Even with Gmail’s tab separation, people can still get confused by so much content. Shortwave organizes everything by topics and summarizes the contents so that the user only opens what interests him.

The feature is called Smart Summaries and appears to be very simple to use. Just open any email and click the star icon at the top of the page for ChatGPT to generate a virtually instant summary of the content in a floating window.




Shortwave will summarize the content of the emails (Image: Disclosure / Shortwave)

For anyone exchanging short messages, the AI ​​should be of little use. However, it can be a great ally for those who need to follow long discussions, meeting minutes or analytical content on an internal company issue.

Summarize your emails

According to the company, the abstracts will talk about what it is, who is involved, and what actions need to be taken, such as responding or sending a file. “This helps you decide what’s worth reading in full — and what isn’t — so you can spend less time sorting through emails and more time doing in-depth work,” the company explained in a statement.

According to Shortwave, the technique is excellent for helping communicate with professionals who use technical jargon, such as lawyers, doctors or engineers. The resource will try to simplify these concepts to make people more familiar with them.

The feature will also work with different languages, so it will also be able to translate content. Users can also already include a suggested reply in the email if they want to save work.

ChatGPT in email digest

This appears to be a feature inspired by a promise from Google itself to use the IA Bard to optimize Gmail. Shortwave got ahead of the Search Giant in an effort to draw market attention to the practical use of ChatGPT and the like in everyday life.

The Edge browser also promises to deliver a very similar result. with the Copilot tool, located in the sidebar. The difference is in the focus, since Microsoft’s solution is focused on web pages, while Shortwave’s is specific to emails.

OR Shortwave made the news in February of last year resurrecting the idea of Google Inbox. The company took inspiration from the defunct product to offer features such as grouping emails into thematic guides and age-categorizing messages. Now he joins ChatGPT to try to fall in love with Gmail users once and for all.

To try shortwave, visit the official website of the platform and sign in with your Google account.

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