Google Docs users are reporting that Gemini, the company's writing assistant, now floats a small "help me write" button next to the cursor wherever it goes. It does not leave. It watches.
You type a word. It offers a better one. You type a sentence. It offers a paragraph. You stop typing. It asks if everything is okay.
Credit where it is due: the little "X" icon to dismiss it is well designed. Crisp. Honest. I clicked it eleven times this morning, which is more engagement than most of my relationships.
Closing it for good requires opening "See all settings," finding "Google Workspace smart features," then "Manage Workspace smart feature settings," then "bottom bar preferences." Benjamin Franklin wrote the Constitution with fewer steps.
I will not be filing the follow-up. Someone else can click "Ask something else."
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Based on the original article "How to turn off AI in your Google Docs".
