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Gmail adds new AI features, turning it into a personal assistant

AM800-News-Gmail-AI-AP Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks about Google DeepMind at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. ((AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File))

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More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world's most used email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists.

The new AI features announced Thursday could herald a pivotal moment for Gmail, a service that transformed email when it was introduced nearly 22 years ago. 

Gmail's new AI options will only be available in English within the U.S. for starters, but Google is promising to introduce them in other countries and other languages as the year unfolds.