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Google on Wednesday began inviting Gemini users to let its chatbot read their Gmail, Photos, Search history, and YouTube data in exchange for possibly more personalized responses.

Josh Woodward, VP of Google Labs, Gemini and AI Studio, announced the beta availability of Personal Intelligence in the US. Access will roll out over the next week to US-based Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers.

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[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You mean for you. That this was your experience. Not "many people". Many people don't attribute conspiracy like planning to the megacorporate give, most understand that no matter the ceo the goal was always, for any "free" service to make you the product. Many people took that deal

[–] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lots of people who have taken to the internet at large may not understand the root cause of why, but they don't ke Google's reputation for killing projects and enshittification. That discussion is happening everywhere. And you should also note that a lot of the early adopters of Google Now and Google Assistant (including the hardware) are tech enthusiasts who absolutely did have the realization at one point or another about how these companies were essentially rifling through their emails and other information they were collecting in order to provide such detailed information. There were multiple articles about it (from outlets and blogs that these kinds of people follow). Perhaps once Google assistant became more mainstream (where people were more likely to pick up assistant enabled devices and such in target or the like), those people didn't realize. But they still see the enshittification.

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 points 1 week ago

I and just all normal people I have spoken too has always known that nothing a corporation especially megacorp gives for free is because they're "nice people". Very very few ever thought that