Google Launches 740 Million-Parameter Offline Mac Note-Taker as AI Meeting Tools Crowd
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Updated · TechCrunch · Oct 8
Google Launches 740 Million-Parameter Offline Mac Note-Taker as AI Meeting Tools Crowd
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Oct 8
Summary
Google has released AI Edge Foresight, a Mac meeting note-taker that runs fully offline on Apple Silicon using its 740 million-parameter EmbeddingGemma 2 model.
The app captures notes across apps and in-person meetings, pairs manual shorthand with AI-generated notes in a split-screen view, and lets users review transcripts or query a Gemma 4-powered assistant.
Users can also upload PDFs, Google Docs, Microsoft Office files, text, Markdown and web bookmarks to build a local knowledge base, allowing the app to answer meeting questions in real time.
The launch follows Google's April release of an experimental local-model dictation tool and comes as rivals including Granola, Wispr and Calendly push into a crowded AI note-taker market.