Developers are taking advantage of the success of ChatGPT to put artificial intelligence everywhere. Witness, Designer.bot, an AI capable of creating a PowerPoint presentation from A to Z from a simple textual description. Bluffing, really?
With the success of ChatGPT, the conversational artificial intelligence that has been wowing the Internet for several months, everyone is riding the wave of generative AIs. The DALL-E image generator, RestorePhotos.io to sharpen blurry photos, the online AI directory SaaS AI Tools, Character.AI to chat with personalities… Even Microsoft plans to integrate the new technology of OpenAI in its Microsoft 365 office suite and in its Bing search engine! It’s the turn of Beautiful.ai, a platform that allows you to create presentations without going through PowerPoint and to take advantage of many templates, to present its new AI-based tool: the DesignerBot. The principle is the same as for ChatGPT: just write your request, like “Design a marketing plan for cloud gaming”, then let the AI ”think” so that it offers us 10 to 20 beautifully laid out slides, with illustrations and text, all via a paid subscription. But is the result worth it?
Designer.bot: good for getting started, but not enough
According to the press releaseDesigner.bot is responsible for creating “appropriate text, layouts, photos, icons and design” precisely relying on ChatGPT and DALL-E. As a result, the illustrations come from a simple description and are all unique. Of course, the user can improve the rendering of the presentation by providing as much detail as possible, such as context or precise information. Slides can be easily imported or exported to different presentation formats, such as PowerPoint, Google Slides and PDF. Of course, the Internet user can make edits himself afterwards. And fortunately, because even if the tool is still in beta, the result is far from perfect! The AI writes banalities and the images are not always relevant…
The aim of Beautiful.ai is clearly not to replace the creativity or production of a human being, but rather to remove the anxiety of the blank page, by giving a starting point and inspiration.“Starting from a blank canvas and figuring out how to visualize your story as a series of compelling slides has always been the biggest challenge with traditional presentation software – especially for people without design skills.“, Explain Mitch Grassothe founder and director of Beautiful.ai. “With the addition of DesignerBot, we can not only provide users with an amazing slide design experience, but also help them create both a story arc and the actual content of each slide.” Conclusion: do not expect to let the AI do all the work, on the contrary.
Note, however, that to be able to use the new tool of the platform, it is necessary to subscribe to the Pro offer, which still costs 12 dollars per month. For those who are still curious to try, there is a 14-day trial period. – but do not forget to cancel or risk being debited.