Google Releases Google AI Edge Foresight, an Offline Mac Note-Taker
Summary
Google releases Google AI Edge Foresight, a Mac note-taker competing with Granola. The app runs offline using the on-device EmbeddingGemma 2 model with 740 million parameters, the company says, and pairs shorthand notes with AI-generated ones. Google says it is optimized for Apple Silicon.
Key Points
- TechCrunch reporter Ivan Mehta writes that users upload PDFs, Google Docs, Office files, Markdown and web bookmarks to build a knowledge base.
- Google says users chat with a Gemma 4-powered assistant to get answers or view meeting transcripts.
- TechCrunch's Ivan Mehta names Wispr, Calendly and Superhuman among companies recently entering the AI note-taker market.