Claude Now Works with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides

55 pointsposted 10 hours ago
by gmays
(claude.com)

6 Comments

jiaosdjf

4 hours ago

It seems this isn't just MCP but a plugin into the Google ecosystem that allows side-by-side edit conversation with realtime changes similar to Gemini / Google AI Pro.

What I don't understand is, why would Google allow such direct competition to their own AI subscription? Looking forward to a community/open version of this tho it sounds like it needs something hosted to work.

sote8361

3 hours ago

Google doesn‘t really need the money and this way they get more training data and google workspace users

flowerthoughts

4 hours ago

Same reason they sponsor Firefox; it helps keep anti-competition lawsuits at bay?

Raed667

4 hours ago

Or lack of trust in Gemini and fear that people move their workflow to whatever Claude supports and being slowly left out?

jacquesm

3 hours ago

Never let me find out that Google sends data to Anthropic or OpenAI.

simianwords

5 hours ago

Ironic that this is even news. AI can do anything but probably not fight bureaucracy at Google.

I would’ve expected a connector to Google docs at least 1 year back