Hello my awesome followers! Today I want to talk about how Airtable is bringing generative AI summaries, categorization, and translation to all of its users with the general availability of Airtable AI.

Companies like Microsoft and Google have integrated AI features into their productivity offerings, but a recent survey from Slack found that most office workers use generative AI mainly for summarization and writing help.

The new features would make Airtable the latest platform to see generative AI’s potential as a productivity tool that can generate content based on information companies have on their workspaces.

Airtable’s new AI-powered summarization and insights feature lets customers get a quick understanding of the information in their workspace and share insights with the rest of the team. It will also automatically apply categories and tags to information and route any action item to the relevant team.

Workplaces have been interested in introducing generative AI to help employees be more productive. The company said the AI features are a “paid, opt-in feature that is only enabled if purchased and turned on.”

Airtable beta tested its AI features with over 1,200 organizations, including AWS. Customers can access Airtable AI features through different AI models, using Airtable’s work with Amazon Bedrock. Currently, users can choose OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 or Anthropic’s Claude model, but the company said more model options will be available.