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Google’s Gemini chatbot now has memory

Google's Gemini chatbot can now remember things like info about your life, work, and personal preferences.

For example, tell Gemini to remember foods you like and the next time you ask the bot for restaurant recommendations, it might tailor its suggestions to your culinary leanings. Image Credits: GoogleIn the Gemini UI, Google gives a few examples of potentially useful priming memories, like “Use simple language and avoid jargon,” “I can only write code in JavaScript,” and “When trip planning, include the cost per day.” The company that the feature, which only supports English-language prompts for now, can be switched off at any time — but that memories are stored until manually deleted. Earlier this year, a security researcher found that hackers could surreptitiously plant “false” memories in ChatGPT to effectively steal a user’s data in perpetuity.

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