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Google Gemini Launches 'Memory Summary' to Show User Data

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In Short: Google Gemini now offers a 'Memory summary' feature to view, edit, and delete personal information it has gathered.

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Google Gemini has introduced a new feature called 'Memory summary' that allows users to see, edit, and delete the information the AI has gathered about them.

On the web, users can access this new experience from Settings > Personal Intelligence (or gemini.google.com/personalization-settings). The feature is designed to help users review, correct, and remove details Gemini uses for personalized responses.

The feature requires both Keep Activity and Memory to be enabled. Users can also ask Gemini directly what it knows about them by typing 'What do you know about me?' into the chat.

Google has been using this knowledge to recall details from past conversations to deliver more personal responses, addressing a common grievance about Gemini's memory.

While the official Gemini mobile app still lacks the menu for some users, launching the web version on mobile browsers gives immediate access.

The 'Memory summary' feature is officially limited to Google AI subscribers using Gemini in US English, according to 9to5Google.

Users can also add or remove information by speaking with Gemini. For example, users can say 'Add to my memory that I speak Japanese,' or 'Remove my old phone number from your memory.'

However, editing a memory does not necessarily erase the conversation behind it, and not every account is eligible.

Google's support page states that the feature is designed to help keep Gemini's responses accurate and relevant by giving users more control over the information it remembers.

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The official Gemini mobile app may not yet have the Memory summary feature for all users, but launching the web version on mobile browsers provides immediate access.

Users must be at least 18, signed in with a personal Google account, with both Activity and Memory turned on in account settings.

The feature needs both Keep Activity and Memory switched on, according to 9to5Google.

Background

The official Gemini mobile app may not yet have the Memory summary feature for all users, but launching the web version on mobile browsers provides immediate access.

Gemini, Google's AI chatbot, has introduced a new feature called Memory summary, which enables users to see and edit the details the AI has stored about them.

Gemini, sometimes marketed as Google Gemini and originally known as Bard, is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot and virtual assistant developed by Google. It is powered by the family of large language models (LLMs) of the same name, previously based on LaMDA and PaLM 2.

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