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Gmail's AI Era Launch Questioned Over Missing Basic Features

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Gmail is reportedly entering the AI era, but users note it still struggles with basic AI-powered features. Specifically, the email service cannot reliably extract event dates from emails to create calendar events, a function that has been available in Thunderbird for years. This highlights a perceived gap in Gmail's AI implementation compared to existing functionalities in competing email clients. AI

IMPACT Highlights user expectations for AI features in established products, suggesting a gap between marketing and user-perceived utility.

RANK_REASON User commentary on a product's perceived AI capabilities.

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Gmail's AI Era Launch Questioned Over Missing Basic Features

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Apparently # Gmail is "entering the # AI era".... but it still can't correctly extract an event date from an email and turn it into an event (one of the most us

    Apparently # Gmail is "entering the # AI era".... but it still can't correctly extract an event date from an email and turn it into an event (one of the most useful "AI" features can think of), something # Thunderbird has been doing reliably for almost a decade.

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