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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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[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

How about I give Google no data, and then they don't give me Gemini?

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago

Would love that, but it's a hard task, since telemetry is baked into Android OS, not to mention in almost all apps in the Play Store.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

Sounds like a fantastic deal to me.