Dropbox Dash AMA: November 2023

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Joel B.20 wrote:

Can you speak to our right to be forgotten with Dash? It connects to lots of information about me and of course I want to feel like that content — and the meta data — is protected. But my question is about when I stop using Dash. How deleted is all of that information about me?

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Here are our AI Principles, Joel B.20: https://www.dropbox.com/ai-principles

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johngto455 wrote:

I just installed the beta of Dash, and the concept is great what you're trying to achieve with this application is something that will be usable however being that this is a beta I think that The definition of what this app is supposed to do should be better defined. is it a search PC and cloud storage app or is it an AI app that you can ask anything? Performing both is very broad based on the Accompanying Documentation and help files. Maybe I missed some information before I started installing the application. The one thing that I will say is having any application change user settings IE new browser tab to me is unacceptable and I usually uninstall any app that makes changes like that. just my $0.02

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Thanks johngto455 - great feedback. We are working on everything you mentioned.

Nice! Good to hear. Thanks, and keep up the great work.

Is there a roadmap to allowing multiple accounts for one service? For instance I advise multiple companies and each company uses their own google drive. The Universal search is great if Im looking for a document in the companies account that I have connected at a given time but its tough to log in and out all the time.

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randynichols wrote:

Is there a roadmap to allowing multiple accounts for one service? For instance I advise multiple companies and each company uses their own google drive. The Universal search is great if Im looking for a document in the companies account that I have connected at a given time but its tough to log in and out all the time.

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randynichols Yep! Working on that. I have multiple gmail accounts and it's a pain right now for sure.

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JamesP2 wrote:
I’d like Dash to be able to recognize faces in photos, or time periods photos were taken during. I’ve tried searching for photos from 2009, and it really doesn’t work.

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JamesP2 You're right. Dash currently only searches text content. I think this is a great suggestion - working with photos - but we aren't there yet.

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s4337_Alex wrote:

Amazing! I am still learning how to use Dash, but I see the potential for improved productivity. If you were to see my Dropbox (which, of course, I would not allow), you would notice cluttered files and folders, as well as duplicated photos and documents. This is due to my human weakness, which, unfortunately, I enjoy and embrace. 😄 Dash helps me search through files, emails, and any other data I provide to this amazing tool. However, it cannot help me find where I put my socks and shirts. 🙂

I have two questions. First, what is the difference between Dropbox AI and Dash? Do they use the same AI technology? Second, could you please provide me with a cheat sheet for using Dash? Or is Dash already smart enough that I don't need one? Third (apologies for the earlier lie), when using Dash in Microsoft Edge, my Bitdefender flagged something funny. It says "msedge.exe attempted to establish a connection relying on an expired certificate to bzib.nelreports.net...(and so on)". Fourth (sorry for another desperate lie in the beginning), is there a plan to update Dropbox Paper with AI technology?

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Thanks s4337_Alex.

1 - DropboxAI is the ability to ask questions / summarize your documents that are in Dropbox; Dash allows you to connect all of your cloud content (including Dropbox) and do universal search and other advanced AI across all of that.

2- Hah! well, I have all sorts of stacks around projects I'm working on. I love how I can put cloud links from various services in one place and pin them or find them with search. I also really like the 'semantic search' which lets you search with natural language (vs having to remember exact keywords) it is better than the in app search in many cloud services (e.g. I don't think gmail has semantic search) so it's super useful. I also think it's really neat to summarize your documents and to 'chat' with them, e.g. try asking for facts inside of a document. Dash can sometimes find them and you don't have to read the doc at all.

3- Sorry I can only answer 2 questions...

3 - actually I really can't answer this one. It kind of stumped the team too. Can you send feedback/a bug and team can investigate?

4- I don't have any news about Paper. Thanks for asking!

Thank you ghulten for answering all these thoughtful questions last week! And thank you to all of our wonderful users for sharing their thoughts about Dropbox Dash.

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