The speed with which artificial intelligence is being integrated into our daily lives is scary at times. The recent Personalised Smart Replies that Google’s Gemini AI will launch are just one more step toward a future where human communication seems to rely less on one’s own mind and more on readily tailored responses drawn from one’s other data.
To the point where not only will you yourself be writing anything from your memory, but also willingly give away all permissions for AI services to wander through all of your otherwise private data. Sure, it has its advantages, but when you see how more and more services are offering AI features, where they use data from your device or whatever data you’ve given consent to, customise it all for you, it has a lot of dystopian vibes.
What Is This New Gemini AI Feature?
During the recently held Google I/O 2025 keynote, Google announced that it would soon be launching a new feature called Personalised Smart Replies. This goes beyond the current feature of standard suggested replies that Google has, which include responses like “Will do,” “Thank you,” and “Apologies.”
Now, using Gemini AI, the Personalised Smart Replies will scan all of your Google data, including emails, Google Drive, and more, to see your writing style and tone, all to write a response that would look as if you wrote it.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai demonstrated how the feature works at the annual developer conference, using it to reply to a coworker’s email about a holiday. Then, Google, utilizing the new feature, creates a personalized reply for the user.
Explaining further about how the feature works, Google in a blog post wrote, “Replying to email often means referencing details buried in other files or re-reading long threads just to gather context. And it takes time to write in the way you want. Personalised smart replies in Gmail will help you draft emails that match your specific context and your tone.
By pulling from your past emails and Google Drive, Gemini provides response suggestions with specific details that are more relevant and on point, eliminating the need to dig through your inbox and files yourself. Crucially, it also adapts to your typical tone – whether crisp and formal or warm and conversational – so your replies sound authentically like you.”
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Pichai explains that the new feature would enable Gemini to go through his notes, photos, and files in Google Drive, hotel bookings in Gmail, and locations, rest stops, drive times, restaurant stops from Google Maps location history, and collate it all into responses that match your writing style.
The feature would then present you with three responses, and you can select the most preferred one out of them. The user can pick one, modify it if needed, and then send it.
Why Is It Scary?
This raises many ethical and data privacy concerns, though. Users must be very careful with such features and understand that they can also come with grave security risks. Of course, Pichai claims to understand this, and that is why he has stated that the feature only works “with your permission.”
A report by The Verge also states that currently, the smart replies feature is a paid one only available under the Workspace plans and as part of Google One AI Premium plans. However, given time, it could be made available for other Workspace users as well.
This feature, however, that claims to write in your tone and style, also claims to be able to differentiate between who you’re talking with.
Reports claim that it can suggest different types of replies depending on who the receiver is. For example, if you’re emailing your colleague or boss, a more formal response will be suggested, and if you’re messaging a friend, a more casual and informal one will be suggested.
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Sources: The Verge, Livemint, Digit
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