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Google’s Gemini AI is getting what could prove to be a very big upgrade: To help answers from Gemini be more personalized, the company is going to let you connect the chatbot to Gmail, Google Photos, Search, and your YouTube history to provide what Google is calling “Personal Intelligence.”
Google’s Gemini and agentic AI are transforming retail, turning discovery, decision-making, and checkout into a seamless, personalized, and fully integrated experience.
Google's new Personal Intelligence feature connects Gemini with Gmail, photos, search, and YouTube history to deliver personalized responses based on a user's data.
Ads in AI Overviews are already performing at "about the same rate" as traditional search ads, according to Google's VP of global ads, Dan Taylor.
Woolworths says its AI chatbot will build shopping baskets based on customer preferences, not paid brand deals, as it expands Olive with Google Gemini.
Personal Intelligence is off by default, as users have the option to choose if and when they want to connect their Google apps to Gemini.
Researchers warn that AI chatbots often fabricate or distort news, urging users to treat AI-generated news summaries with caution.