With 'Personal Intelligence,' Google finally admits how much it knows about you. It's scary-good.

"With my permission, Gemini can tap into my Google account - Gmail, Photos, Search history, YouTube, and more - and reason across all of it to answer questions the way a human assistant might, except this one has years of receipts on my life. This is something I've wanted since AI-powered chatbots blew up in late 2022. Back then, I'd pour my soul into ChatGPT and get a smart answer. Then, the bot would immediately forget I existed, like a genius goldfish."

"Over the last few years, OpenAI and Anthropic have enabled their chatbots to connect to services like Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Calendar. But Google has home field advantage: it already has the broadest view of what you've actually done, searched, watched, and saved. Gemini's ability to connect the dots is scary-good, well beyond what ChatGPT or Claude can do."

"When I asked it for sightseeing ideas for my parents, who have already visited the Bay Area a few times, it suggested museums and gardens, correctly inferring they've already done hikes and trips to redwood forests. When I asked Gemini how it knew, it told me it deduced this based on "breadcrumbs" left across my Google account: Family emails, photos of Muir Woods, a parking reservation in Gmail, and a Google search for "easy hikes for seniors.""

Personal Intelligence is a new feature in Google's Search AI Mode and Gemini that, with user permission, accesses Gmail, Photos, Search history, YouTube and other Google services to reason across personal data and provide context-aware answers and recommendations. The system links disparate signals—emails, photos, reservations, prior searches—into coherent conclusions such as tailored sightseeing suggestions that avoid redundant activities. The capability outperforms other chatbots at connecting long-term behavioral signals because Google already stores broad activity histories. The approach raises privacy and trust questions, prompting Google to attempt to mitigate concerns and emphasize user control and safeguards.

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