… Daily Brief is accessible to users on Google’s affordable $20-a-month AI Pro plan AI Ultra users can use it too, of course , and yes, it’s easy to turn off if you don’t want Gemini poking through your Gmail. …
… Proactive AI that smoothly anticipates your needs without first needing to be asked is another piece of the personal AI assistant puzzle. Get ready for rising "proactive AI" buzz in the weeks and months ahead. …
… And like all things AI, Google is surely fine-tuning its Personal Intelligence tool, looking for the sweet spot between too laid-back and too pushy. …
Google may have just come for Otter.ai, one of my most favored AI transcription services, in the same way it came for GPS companies. …
… OpenAI, meanwhile, is reportedly cranking out a desktop “superapp” that integrates ChatGPT with Codex, OpenAI’s agentic coding app, and the Atlas AI browser, with the new app capable of unleashing AI agents that “work autonomously on a user’s computer to carry out a variety of tasks,” such as “writ… …
… As with other personal AI agents we've seen, you'll be able to communicate with Spark via text and email, meaning you won't need to fire up an app to check in with the assistant. You could also include Spark in text chains or CC it on email threads. …
… You need to know what specific tools do or where certain things live. But with an AI-first system like the new Googlebook, your skills may begin to atrophy. Is this AI-first system efficient? …
… Letting AI agents sort through all your email has long been considered a killer app for AI, although the convenience doesn’t come without some serious risks. First, there’s the privacy aspect. Do you really want AI agents poking through all your email messages? …
… AI Mode, heavy on the "AI." The new implementation is live, today, where AI Mode is already implemented. I can see the impact of AI Mode on our business, and it isn't good. …
… That said, this Personal Intelligence trick for Gmail is a great place to start. Note: Both Claude and ChatGPT have their own Google integrations, allowing for similar Gmail inbox summarization tricks. …