Google’s new AI Edge Foresight Mac app uses an on-device Gemma model to take and analyze meeting notes offline, while also letting users build a knowledge base from their documents.
Google has recently released a new AI note-taker called Google AI Edge Foresight. This new Mac app can work completely offline, utilizing an on-device Gemma 2 model with 740 million parameters to capture meeting notes across apps, including those shared during in-person meetings.
The new application is very much similar to the popular AI note-taker Granola, with its split-screen view and the ability to write shorthand notes on one side and AI-generated notes on the other. Users can keep manual notes while transcribing the meeting or chat with the Gemma-powered assistant to get the necessary answers.
In addition to that, users can upload documents, including PDFs, Google Docs, Microsoft Office formats, plain text, Markdown files and web bookmarks to build a usable knowledge base. Meeting notes and documents can help answer real questions in real time if a point related to a detail in the knowledge base comes up.
Offline operability
Google AI Edge Foresight is optimized for Apple silicon and can easily work offline. This means you can work with your meeting notes while travelling or in a place without any internet connection.
Google could very soon release a new consumer version of its meeting note-taker that would be able to work across video-calling apps through its Gemini apps while relying on its cloud models.
EmbeddingGemma 2 helps Foresight search and connect information across meeting transcripts, notes and other files. The 740-million-parameter model maps text, audio, images and video into a shared vector space, allowing the app to retrieve relevant information from a user’s knowledge base when needed. Foresight then uses this retrieved context to enrich notes and answer questions during meetings.
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