Juan Benet: Google Docs has become unusable with AI tools, time for open formats
juanbenet · x · 2026-10-16
Protocol Labs founder Juan Benet says Google Docs' poor integration with the host of AI tools has made it "unusable." He calls on builders to seize the opportunity and create much better, portable real-time document formats and editors to liberate users — a signal of frustration among heavy AI users and a potential opening for AI-native collaborative documents.
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