Google launches Personal Intelligence for Gemini

Google Unveils Gemini's Personal Intelligence: A New Era of AI Assistance

Google has just announced a significant upgrade to its Gemini AI assistant: Personal Intelligence. This innovative, opt-in feature allows Gemini to securely tap into your personal data from services like Gmail, YouTube, Google Search, and Google Photos, enabling more tailored and context-aware conversations.

Initially rolling out over the next week to eligible Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers in the United States, Personal Intelligence promises to revolutionize how you interact with AI. The feature is accessible across the web, Android, and iOS platforms.

How to Access and Configure Personal Intelligence:

• For users in the US, check your Gemini app or website.
• Navigate to Settings > Personal Intelligence.
• Here, you can choose which of your Google apps you'd like to connect with Gemini.

The core benefit of Personal Intelligence lies in its ability to retrieve specific, granular details from your personal content – be it emails, photos, or even video – to provide truly personalized answers. Google emphasizes that Gemini can process text, photos, and video to deliver "uniquely tailored answers."

When you activate Personal Intelligence, Gemini gains access to your data to fulfill your specific requests. A key reassurance from Google is that this data "already lives at Google securely, you don't have to send sensitive data elsewhere to start personalizing your experience."

For those who prefer to keep their AI interactions separate from personal data, Gemini offers temporary chats. These allow for conversations without any personalization. Google also states that Gemini "aims" to avoid making proactive assumptions about sensitive information like your health, though it will engage with such topics if you initiate the conversation.

Crucially, Google assures users that Gemini will not be trained "directly" on your Gmail inbox or Google Photos library. Training for the improvement of Gemini's functionality will be based on "limited info, like specific prompts in Gemini and the model's responses, to improve functionality over time."

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