(24 Jun 2025) More than 20 million research writers worldwide now have immediate access to new AI features from Digital Science through an optional add-on for Overleaf.
The add-on, called AI Assist, “helps researchers write in LaTeX faster and smarter by combining the power of advanced language feedback with cutting-edge LaTeX AI tools”.
Overleaf users can explore the new AI features with a limited number of free uses and upgrade at any time for unlimited access to AI Assist.
Overleaf is the world’s leading scientific and technical writing platform, says Digital Science. A LaTeX editor, Overleaf was developed by researchers to make scientific and technical writing simpler and more collaborative. With the launch of AI Assist, Digital Science says it is bringing powerful AI features from its Writefull service to the global Overleaf community.
With the new add-on, Overleaf users can take advantage of:
Language and writing tools
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AI-powered language feedback: Context-aware suggestions to improve grammar, spelling, word choice, and sentence structure, all tailored to the nuances of academic and research writing.
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Contextual editing tools: Paraphrase selected text, summarize lengthy paragraphs, check synonyms in context, or even generate abstracts and titles with just a few clicks.
LaTeX tools
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LaTeX error assistance: Instantly identify and fix LaTeX coding errors, to get documents compiling smoothly.
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LaTeX code generation: Generate LaTeX code, including tables and equations, from simple prompts or even images, saving hours of manual coding.
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TeXGPT: Ask TeXGPT to help with formatting, figure generation, custom commands, and much more.
Find out more here.
