Google has announced a significant update to its Gemini AI chatbot: the ability to personalize responses based on past conversations. This new feature allows Gemini to summarize previous interactions and recall information shared across different conversation threads. This eliminates the need for users to repeat details or search through old chats for relevant information, making interactions with Gemini more fluid and personalized.
The conversation recall feature is currently being rolled out to English-speaking subscribers of Google One AI Premium, the $20 monthly subscription for Gemini. Google plans to expand the feature to other languages and enterprise users in the coming weeks. While this enhancement aims to make Gemini more user-friendly, it also raises privacy considerations.
Google acknowledges these concerns and emphasizes that users have control over their chat history. Users can review, delete, or determine how long their conversations are stored. The recall feature can be completely disabled through the “My Activity” page in Gemini. Google also assures users that conversation histories are never used to train its AI models.
This move follows a trend among AI chatbot providers to incorporate memory and recall capabilities. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has identified improved memory as a highly requested feature for ChatGPT.
Both Google and OpenAI have introduced more general memory features in the past year, allowing their chatbots to remember user preferences and details. However, these existing features do not automatically store and recall entire chat histories. Gemini’s new feature represents a step forward in making AI interactions more contextual and personalized, but it also highlights the ongoing discussion surrounding data privacy in the age of AI. The balance between convenience and privacy will likely continue to shape the development of AI chatbots.
