Gmail's smart replies will mimic your writing style by analyzing your emails and Google Drive files

In brief: A future in which generative AIs write emails back and forth to each other on our behalf has moved a little closer. Google is improving Gemini's smart replies, making them not only longer, but also more personalized by analyzing your previous emails and Drive files. Google's new personalized smart replies are able to incorporate users' context and tone. As they are created by looking at past emails and Drive files – with a user's permission – the responses it offers can closely mimic the person writing the message. The smart replies expand on last year's "contextual" upgrade, which used information from the current Gmail thread a person was in. Showing off the change at Google I/O, CEO Sundar Pichai used an example of a friend writing to him for advice on planning a road trip from Colorado to Utah, a trip he remembered Pichai had previously taken. Gemini is able to look up notes on Drive, scan past emails for reservation details, and more. It can then generate a reply usin ... Read full article.