ADI: State of AI in Documents

Imagine a dense vendor contract, where key obligations and timelines are extracted in seconds without wading through pages of legalese. Or a multinational financial document, where translation for several markets happens instantly, no AP Language and Culture courses required.

More than ever before, global Adobe Acrobat users are harnessing AI features within a growing number of the more than 320 billion PDFs that were opened or created in the last 12 months alone and more than eight billion documents that were signed—not just to retrieve and interpret information but transform it.

In fact, more than 3 in 4 professionals report increased AI use than just a year ago while nearly half (47%) report using it ‘much more.’ And as AI evolves, it’s redefining how individual roles and entire industries manage document workflows.

Our latest report analyzes anonymized and aggregated Acrobat data with insights from a companion survey of more than 400 professionals to explore shifting document behavior and reveal how AI use is rapidly accelerating. Here’s what stood out.