{"id":69571,"date":"2025-08-15T19:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/69571\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T19:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:40:18","slug":"gemini-is-about-to-remember-everything-unless-you-tell-it-not-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/69571\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemini is about to remember everything, unless you tell it not to"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google\u2019s Gemini AI assistant will start remembering your past chatsYou can opt out of the featureGemini is also adding a new \u201cTemporary Chat\u201d mode for one-off conversations<\/p>\n

Google Gemini will remember all those questions you ask on the app now, unless you ask it politely not to. The AI assistant will look at and reference your past chats as a way to personalize future ones, though only for Gemini 2.5 Pro for now.<\/p>\n

With the memory function, Gemini could theoretically recall your favorite party themes, the YouTube<\/a> channels you’re into, or how you like to compose emails to your friends, without you having to remind it. Gemini’s memory is not dissimilar to the memory feature offered by ChatGPT and other AI chatbots. And while ChatGPT can now connect to your Google account, Gemini has native access to Gmail, Calendar, and Google Docs.<\/p>\n

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The memory is on by default, so you’ll have to make a slight effort if you’d rather Gemini not track your chats. You can turn the memory off or back on again in the settings menu under personal context, sliding the \u201cYour past chats\u201d option to off.<\/p>\n

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In addition, the \u201cGemini Apps Activity\u201d section is now called \u201cKeep Activity.\u201d When that setting is active, some of your future uploaded files and photos may be used to train and improve Gemini and other Google services. You can opt out of that, too, if you wish.<\/p>\n

Temp talks<\/p>\n

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As much as Google is eager to make sure Gemini can remember what you say to it, the company paired the rollout with its opposite, the new Temporary Chat. This incognito mode makes every conversation a one-off, and makes sure it isn’t saved to your history, appears in the activity list, or sent to Google to train Gemini.<\/p>\n

After a 72-hour hold for safety, they’re they\u2019re deleted completely, unless you submit explicit feedback, which will be processed and then discarded. Temporary Chat is designed for those moments when you want to ask something you\u2019re not sure you\u2019ll want remembered, whatever that might be.<\/p>\n

The temporary chats might reassure people worried that Google just wants more of their data, but the company clearly hopes people find value in giving Gemini a memory. Google’s goal is to encourage people to think of the AI as a long-term conversational partner, not just a tool you reintroduce yourself to every time you interact with it.<\/p>\n

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Regardless of any concerns, AI developers are very keen on memory, since, without it, AI assistants are just clever parrots. Technically, they still are just parroting data even with personalization, but they’ll be less clever about it. Whether that\u2019s exciting or unsettling depends on your appetite for intimacy with software.<\/p>\n

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