Gmail is getting a whole host of AI updates to try and solve your most irritating workplace tasks (www.techradar.com)

Google has announced a series of significant AI updates for Gmail, aiming to enhance productivity by easing email management. Key features include an AI Inbox that prioritizes important messages based on user interactions, making it easier to navigate crowded inboxes. The AI Overviews feature will condense information from emails into brief summaries and allow users to ask questions in natural language, enabling them to quickly retrieve relevant information. These updates are currently in testing, with a broader rollout planned for later this year. The significance of these updates lies in their potential to revolutionize how users interact with email, streamlining processes that have become increasingly cumbersome since Gmail's inception in 2004. The expanded "Help Me Write" tool will now include Suggested Replies that resonate with users' style and a new Proofread feature to enhance communication quality. While some features will be available to all users, access to AI Overviews and advanced proofreading will be limited to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers initially, highlighting a strategic approach to bring sophisticated AI functionality to the broad user base of Gmail.