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Ask AI works on the thing or selection in front of you, without opening chat.

Why you'd care

Most AI questions are about something specific you are already looking at. Ask AI keeps that in place: the things are the context, so you do not have to describe them.

The 60-second version

Press ⌘⌥A on a thing, or on a selection. Ask your question.

Good uses

  • Expanding a fragment into something readable
  • Summarising a run of things into one
  • Explaining something you saved and no longer understand
  • Restructuring: turning a paragraph into a proper list

Going further

It works on selections. Select twenty things and ask about all of them at once, which is the fastest way to summarise a meeting or a week. See select many things at once.

Ask AI or chat? Ask AI is about what you have selected. Chat is about everything. If you can point at it, use Ask AI. See chat with NewTwos.

It has its own switch, Settings Smart Features Ask AI, so you can keep it while turning chat off, or the reverse.

Settings that change this

Tips

  • Put Ask AI in your selection bar if you use it. Two taps beats a menu.
  • Ask it to shorten rather than to improve. Shorter is a clear instruction and better is not.