Google Search AI Mode can use Gmail and photos to identify you

Google AI Mode helps provide more personalized search responses by letting the chatbot analyze your Gmail and Google Photos accounts. Following the launch of Gemini AI last week, “Personal intelligence” It now comes to personalizing search results in AI mode to fit your interests and daily life by collecting information from your emails and photos, instead of requiring you to manually create and adjust your preferences.

For example, Google says Personal Intelligence allows its AI mode to suggest travel itineraries by referring to hotel bookings in Gmail and vacation snapshots in Photos. If you take a lot of selfies with ice cream, they can organize recommendations for ice cream parlors. When you use AI mode to shop online, it can prioritize products from brands you wear or have bought before.

Eligible Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers can sign up for AI mode Gmail and Google Photos communications starting today. The update is rolling out in the US as a feature in Google Labs and is only available for personal Google accounts. This proposition follows Personal intelligence is brought to Gemini AIwhich can also tap into your search history and YouTube along with Gmail and photos.

“Designed with privacy in mind, AI Mode uses our smartest model, Gemini 3, and does not train directly on your Gmail inbox or Google Photos library,” Robbie Stein, vice president of Google Search, said in the announcement. “Training is limited to limited information, such as specific prompts in AI mode and model responses, to improve functionality over time.”

Although subjective intelligence can be helpful, internal testing shows that “mistakes can happen,” Stein says. AI Mode users can correct any inappropriate recommendations and provide feedback by giving a follow-up response or liking it.