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Gemini can now scan your photos, email, and more to provide better answers
The feature will start with paid users only, and it’s off by default.
TL;DR
- Gemini is being updated with "personal intelligence" to connect with Gmail, Photos, Search, and YouTube.
- This feature aims to provide more personalized and useful answers based on user data.
- Personal intelligence is optional and initially available to paid Gemini users (AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers).
- Users can individually choose which Google products Gemini can access.
- Gemini will cite when personal data is used in its responses.
- Users can rerun outputs without personalization or use temporary chats for standard Gemini responses.
- Google states personal data is not used to train the model, and sensitive information like health data is excluded by default.
- The feature will roll out over several weeks across Gemini endpoints (web, Android, iOS) and will be in beta.
- Google plans to expand access in the future, but users can keep the feature disabled by default.