Gemini is being upgraded with a new feature that will allow it to remember specific information about a user’s interests and preferences. On Tuesday, Google announced a new update for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot. With this, users can ask Gemini to remember information about themselves and it will continue to tailor its responses accordingly for all future interactions. The feature is currently only available to paid customers of the chatbot and can be accessed on both the web and the app.
Gemini can now remember users’ interests and preferences
Memory function is one of the most requested features in AI models. This ability allows the AI to remember certain information during sessions, and does not require the user to repeat the information repeatedly in prompts. This information can be anything from the user’s name and birthday to their preferred reaction style and profession. This limitation is also a major obstacle that prevents chatbots from becoming companions or assistants to humans, as every new conversation always starts from a blank slate.
Recently AI companies have recognized this shortcoming and started working on this feature. Earlier this year, OpenAI added a memory feature to ChatGPT. Other major players like Anthropic and Microsoft also have a similar function available in their chatbots.
But until now, Google’s AI bot couldn’t remember the context of a previous conversation, even if the user explicitly asked it not to forget. However, with the release of the update on Tuesday, users will finally be able to do so.
In its update page, the tech giant explained in detail about the new feature called Saved Info. With this, users can ask Gemini to remember their interests and preferences. This can be done either through natural conversation by adding “Remember” or “Don’t forget” before the information, or by manually visiting the saved information page.
Once some information is saved by a Gemini, he will remember it in all future conversations. Users can also take advantage of this feature by customizing and structuring the responses generated by the AI chatbot. Google says users can see, edit, or delete any information shared with Gemini, and whenever the AI chatbot uses the saved information, it will display it on the screen.
Notably, the company did not say whether it could access the information shared with Gemini through Saved Info or whether the AI would be trained on such data. It is also unclear whether deleting a piece of information from saved information will also remove it from Google’s AI servers. This feature is currently available in English with Gemini Advanced subscription. Notably, the subscription can be purchased as part of the Google One AI premium plan.
