{"id":2975837,"date":"2026-07-13T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2975837"},"modified":"2026-07-13T09:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:55:32","slug":"introducing-the-ai-assistant-beta-on-esri-com","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/announcements\/introducing-the-ai-assistant-beta-on-esri-com","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the AI Assistant (Beta) on Esri.com"},"author":344932,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101],"tags":[758311,780845,781183,781184],"industry":[],"product":[421922],"class_list":["post-2975837","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-ai","tag-ai-assistant","tag-chat","tag-esri-com","product-arcgis"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":335922,"user_firstname":"Esri Digital","user_lastname":"Experience","nickname":"dxinfo","user_nicename":"esri-digital-experience","display_name":"Esri Digital Experience","user_email":"dxinfo@esri.com","user_url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/home","user_registered":"2023-03-24 23:54:01","user_description":"We\u2019re an extensive team of digital experience enthusiasts who are responsible for managing many Esri websites. If you're browsing product pages, signing up for an event,\u00a0shopping in the Esri Store or doing anything else on our sites, we're the team behind the scenes enabling your experience. We'll keep you posted with relevant updates here.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"Explore Esri in a new way with the AI assistant (beta), your guide to esri.com.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

AI is reshaping how people explore information, evaluate products, and make decisions. At Esri, we’ve been thinking carefully about what that means for esri.com and how to bring AI into the experience in a way that genuinely helps. Today, we’re introducing the AI assistant, now available in beta, and we’d love for you to try it.<\/p>\n

What Is the AI assistant (beta)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The AI assistant (beta) is an AI-powered companion for esri.com. You can ask it a question in plain language about Esri products, capabilities and use cases, and it will give you a clear, helpful answer and point you toward what to explore next.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2976540,"id":2976540,"title":"ai-assistant-ui","filename":"ai-assistant-ui.jpg","filesize":358778,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ai-assistant-ui.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/announcements\/introducing-the-ai-assistant-beta-on-esri-com\/ai-assistant-ui","alt":"","author":"344932","description":"","caption":"","name":"ai-assistant-ui","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2975837,"date":"2026-07-11 19:54:01","modified":"2026-07-11 19:54:27","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1440,"height":972,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ai-assistant-ui-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ai-assistant-ui.jpg","medium-width":387,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ai-assistant-ui.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":518,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ai-assistant-ui.jpg","large-width":1440,"large-height":972,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ai-assistant-ui.jpg","1536x1536-width":1440,"1536x1536-height":972,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ai-assistant-ui.jpg","2048x2048-width":1440,"2048x2048-height":972,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ai-assistant-ui-689x465.jpg","card_image-width":689,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ai-assistant-ui.jpg","wide_image-width":1440,"wide_image-height":972}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/ai-assistant"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

How Does It Fit with Esri’s Other AI Tools?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since 2024, Esri has been introducing AI experiences on esri.com to help you use ArcGIS products effectively. Some assistants are available directly in the product and currently, there are three distinct AI assistants on esri.com that complement each other:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
AI Assistant<\/strong><\/td>\nWhat It’s For<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
AI assistant (beta)<\/a><\/td>\nProvides information about Esri’s full product portfolio and capabilities across esri.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Esri Support AI Chatbot<\/a><\/td>\nAssists with specific technical support issues<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Documentation assistant (beta)<\/a><\/td>\nHelps navigate ArcGIS product documentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What the AI assistant (beta) Can Do<\/strong><\/p>\n