Google Apps gets an injection of artificial intelligence, with more to come

Google today hinted at a near future where its artificial intelligence capabilities underpin its collection of cloud-based applications aimed at the workplace, Google Apps. At an event in Tokyo, the Internet giant announced a new application and a revamp of another, with some AI smarts injected into both. The new product is called Springboard, and it's intended to let Google Apps customers search through the content of the documents they store in their Google Drive, along with their contacts and calendar entries, all in one place. It will also use AI, Google says, to proactively find information that may be relevant to what you're working on. Google also says it has rebuilt Google Sites, its lightweight tool for creating websites and intranet sites for use by work teams.