Gemini's Daily Brief Tries to Make a Strong Case for Handing Google Your Data
Google has introduced a new feature called Daily Brief for its Gemini AI, aimed at providing personalized daily summaries to users. This feature requires access to various Google services and a paid subscription. Users may find the utility of sharing their data with Google worth the benefits offered by Daily Brief.
- ▪Daily Brief is a new feature for paid users of Google Gemini that provides personalized summaries.
- ▪The feature requires access to Google Workspace apps like Gmail and Calendar.
- ▪Users must have a paid subscription to access Daily Brief, which is not available for work accounts.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
It's a controversial take in this day and age, but I use Google Gemini. Whereas many people feel reluctant about AI chatbots in this era of proliferating artificial intelligence, I've adopted it as an insistent assistant that the budget is paying for anyway. However, I've had to reconcile that, in order for it to be useful, I have to allow it access to my data.Daily Brief, a new Gemini feature rolling out to paid users after its introduction at Google I/O this week, relies heavily on that data to deliver a daily, personalized morning summary with actionable details from Gmail, Calendar, and other parts of Drive.
…
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at PCMag.