Gemini can now remember your interests and preferences

Gemini is being upgraded with a new feature that allows it to remember specific information about a user’s interests and preferences. On Tuesday, Google announced the new update to its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. This allows users to ask Gemini to remember information about itself and it will continue to tailor its responses accordingly in all future conversations. This feature is currently only available to paying subscribers of the chatbot and can be accessed via both the web and the app.

Gemini can now remember users’ interests and preferences

Memory feature in AI models is one of the most requested features. This capability allows the AI ​​to remember certain information across sessions, rather than requiring the user to repeat the information over and over again in prompts. This information can be anything from the user’s name and date of birth to their preferred response style and profession. This limitation is also a major bottleneck that prevents chatbots from becoming a companion or assistant to humans, as every new conversation always starts with a clean slate.

Recently, AI companies have recognized this shortcoming and started working on this feature. Earlier this year, OpenAI added the memory feature to ChatGPT. Other major players such as 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 though the user explicitly told it not to forget it. With the update rolling out on Tuesday, users can finally do this.

In his page with updatesthe tech giant has detailed the new feature called Saved Info. This allows users to tell Gemini to remember their interests and preferences. This can be done through natural conversations by adding “Remember” or “Don’t Forget” before the information, or manually by going to the Saved Information page.

Once certain information is stored by Gemini, it 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 view, edit or delete any information shared with Gemini, and when the AI ​​chatbot uses the stored information, it will be displayed on the screen.

Notably, the company has not revealed whether it will have access to the information shared with Gemini through Saved Info or whether the AI ​​will be trained on such data. It’s also not clear whether deleting a piece of information from Saved Information will also delete it from Google’s AI servers. The feature is currently available in English with the Gemini Advanced subscription. Notably, the subscription can be purchased as part of the Google One AI Premium Plan.