Dropbox shows universal AI search bar for searching files across multiple apps

By admin On Jun 21, 2023

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Dropbox has announced two AI services. The first, Dropbox AI, can scan and summarize documents and videos, among other things. The second, Dropbox Dash, is a universal AI search bar that should be able to be used to find “all personal content” in one place.

Dropbox states that the Dash search bar works as a browser extension and should be able to find user content across a wide range of different apps and services. The company says this tool can find files in Google Workspace, Microsoft Outlook, and Salesforce, among others. Dropbox calls it “a universal search bar for personal information.” According to the company, any file format can be found with this. Because this feature uses machine learning, the company says it gets better the more it is used.

Dropbox Dash also comes with an additional feature, Stack, that lets users organize personal content from different apps into folders, or “Stacks.” According to the company, the AI should also provide suggestions of content that may also belong in such a folder, so that users do not have to manually search for everything themselves.

Furthermore, Dash includes a homepage with a dashboard that not only shows the search bar and various Stacks, but also links to the material the user is currently working on. For example, if they were working on a PowerPoint the previous day, a link to that PowerPoint will appear on the home page so that users can get back to it straight away.

Later it should also be possible for Dash ‘to use your personal information and business information to answer questions and find relevant content using generative AI’. As an example, Dropbox gives that users can ask the AI when the next company holiday is, or what the company strategy entails.

Dropbox AI, on the other hand, can be used to summarize documents and videos. Users can also ask specific questions about the content of the content. This function should also be able to be used later on entire folders or the entire Dropbox account, the company says, although no further explanation is provided.

Although these tools give the AI access to a lot of sensitive information, Dropbox promises that personal data will be handled with care. The company says it will be ‘transparent’ and will not sell user data to advertisers. Dropbox AI is available in alpha for Dropbox Pro customers in the US. The feature is also being rolled out to ‘select Dropbox Teams’. No release information has been revealed for Dropbox Dash yet.