I tried Gmail's new Gemini AI features, and now I want to unsubscribe

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Trust isn't the issue; Gemini in Gmail just lacks usefulness.
• AI Overviews often omit context that power users actually need.
• Smarter message flow control remains Gmail's biggest gap.

Everyone uses email differently. Our experiences relate directly to our relationships, the kind of work we do, the mail flow we have, and what we want to accomplish. I'm saying this so you know that while Gemini in Gmail isn't right for me, at least not yet, it might be just fine for you.

I also want to talk about Gmail and security. For years, I ran my own email servers. In fact, way back in the day, when cc:Mail was a thing, an email "server" was really a cluster of machines. I had a full cluster on ...