Google Launches Expert Intelligence AI for E-Books with Publisher Support
Google has introduced Expert Intelligence (EI), an AI tool integrated into Gemini Notebook, enabling users of Google Play Books to engage with e-books through quizzes, questions, and infographics. This feature is available for select titles and maintains copyright adherence by working closely with publishers. The rollout encompasses more than 100,000 nonfiction works from renowned publishers such as Penguin Random House, Bloomsbury, and Johns Hopkins University Press. This development comes after a lawsuit in July alleging copyright violations related to Google's Gemini AI. Created by Stephen Johnson, EI offers responses as direct quotes or AI-generated summaries and can also generate slide presentations. Initial feedback from the Authors Guild and publishers has been favorable. Google is incentivizing EI with complimentary e-books in the U.S., including 'The Power of Habit.'
Key facts
- Google launched Expert Intelligence (EI) for e-books on Google Play Books.
- EI is integrated into Gemini Notebook, allowing interactive Q&A, quizzes, and infographics.
- The feature works with publishers to ensure answers come directly from the book, not LLM training data.
- Over 100,000 English-language nonfiction titles are initially available.
- Publishers include Bloomsbury, De Gruyter Brill, Johns Hopkins University Press, Macmillan, O’Reilly Media, and Penguin Random House.
- The launch follows a July lawsuit by publishers and authors against Google for copyright infringement.
- Stephen Johnson, a nonfiction author, developed EI after joining Google Labs in July 2022.
- Future plans include textbooks, academic journals, and self-published books.
- Penguin Random House CEO Nihar Malaviya and Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger praised EI.
- Google is giving away free e-books in the U.S. to promote the launch.
Entities
Artists
- Stephen Johnson
- Charles Duhigg
- James Nestor
- Steven Pinker
- Michael Pollan
- Derek Thompson
- Kim Scott
Institutions
- Google Labs
- Gemini Notebook
- Google Play Books
- Bloomsbury
- De Gruyter Brill
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Macmillan
- O’Reilly Media
- Penguin Random House
- Authors Guild
- Publishers Weekly
Locations
- United States