Google Play Books will launch a generative AI Book Insights feature — their version of an in-book chatbot — which they call a “reading companion.” It will allow readers to get a recap or ask a chatbot questions about the text. Starting July 6, it will be automatically enabled for most English-language books and will be available for books in other languages in the future. Unlike Amazon’s similar “Ask this Book” feature, launched late last year without advance notice or permission, and imposed by fiat with no escape, Google’s feature is opt out. Though it’s not a lot of advance […]
