Google is widely rolling out its image generation experiment in Slides. All users who have signed up for Workspace Labs should get the new experimental feature over the next few days. It’s part of Duet AI, the company’s new home for its AI efforts for the Workspace suite of productivity apps.
The tech giant announced this tool during the Google I/O conference in May, along with a host of other experimental AI features. It also launched Workspace Labs to allow users to test out those experiments early. Since then, the company has released several such features through Labs. AI-powered image generation in Slides started rolling out early last month but in a limited capacity. It’s now available widely, 9to5Google confirms.
Google Slides is getting an AI-powered image generation tool
Like similar generative AI tools on Gmail and Docs, Slides (slides.new) will show you a “Welcome to Workspace Labs” prompt once you have access to the image generation feature. At the end of the toolbar, you’ll find a new “photo” icon with a sparkle in the top-right corner. Tapping it opens the “Help me visualize” panel, where you can enter a text prompt to “create visuals for your presentation.”
Google lets you choose from various styles for your image. You have options like Photography, Background, Vector Art, Sketch, Watercolor, and Cyberpunk. You can select the “I’m Feeling Lucky” option if you can’t decide on a style or proceed without picking a style. Once you have entered your text prompt and selected a style, Slides will work its AI magic to give you multiple image results. Google says it might take about 20 seconds to generate images.
Slides will give you eight AI-generated images, though you can generate more (in sets of eight images). Previously generated images aren’t deleted if you generate more. A click on the image will add it to your current document. You can leave feedback by selecting the thumbs-up/down button. According to Google, you will get better results if you include the “subject, setting, distance to subject, materials, or background” in your prompt and avoid figurative language.
An example prompt is, “A beautiful photograph of a Hawaiian beach at sunset with palm trees in the distance.” Since all Workspace Labs features are experimental, Google may use human reviewers to “read, annotate, and process your Labs interactions data.” As such, you should avoid including personal, confidential, or sensitive information in prompts. If you’re interested in Google’s Workspace AI experiments, you can sign up here.
2023-07-05 15:06:56