By Matt Stoller
Publication Date: 2026-01-16 13:35:00
Earlier this week, Google made three important announcements. The first is that its AI product Gemini will be able to read your Gmail and access all the data that Google has about you on YouTube, Google Photos, and Search. While Google skeptics might see a Black Mirror style dystopia, the goal is to create a chatbot that knows you intimately. And the value of that is real and quite significant.
Here’s venture capitalist and former Googler David Lieb on how he uses this new automated assistant.
David Lieb@dflieb
7 months later, my AI assistant knows ~anything I know, including when my last haircut was.
(Wish it had iMessage access!)
David Lieb @dflieb
I desperately want to connect my Gmail, Calendar, and Google Photos to ChatGPT so it can know my life and help me more.
Today’s example: “when was my last haircut?”
Kind of absurd that Gemini doesn’t have this already. What a self own.
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