Gemini's new Personal Intelligence will look through your emails and photos - if you let it

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Personal Intelligence scans your apps to improve Gemini answers.
  
• The feature is off by default and won't train on sensitive data. 
• It's only available for paid users at first. 

The Google ecosystem of apps spans everything from the cornerstone of your workflow, like Gmail, to personal apps like YouTube and Photos. Now, the company is letting Gemini connect across your entire ecosystem for more tailored assistance. 

Google is calling this new capability Personal Intelligence, launched on Wednesday. Using Gemini 3, Personal Intelligence can reason across your apps to develop context that can be used to provide proactive insights. Gemini already references information from your apps, but Personal Intelligence is meant to pull more tailored responses from that data. For starters, the experience will connect Gmail, Photos, YouTube, and Search. 

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