AI For Humans: Making Artificial Intelligence Fun & Practical Google's AI Knows Everything About You (We Said Yes)
Jan 16, 2026
Apple has handed over Siri to Google Gemini, ramping up a fierce AI lock-in battle where your data is key. The potential risks of privacy versus convenience are explored as Gemini can access your Gmail and photos. Discover how Claude Cowork rolled out in just two weeks and enabled users to harness agentic capabilities. Meanwhile, meet Neurosama, an AI anime Twitch star, and dive into Google's plans for seamless AI-driven shopping. Plus, hear about groundbreaking medical and warehouse robotics that are transforming industries.
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The AI Lock-In Battle
- Big tech wants to lock users into a single personal AI by aggregating all personal data across services.
- That lock-in will shape how we access and interact with the internet for decades.
Personal Intelligence As Unified Memory
- Google's Personal Intelligence crawls YouTube, Photos, Gmail and more if you opt in, creating a unified memory for queries.
- That unified memory makes assistants far more useful but increases centralization and privacy trade-offs.
Choose Data Access Deliberately
- Decide what privacy trade-offs you will accept before opting an assistant into your personal data.
- Opt in only when the productivity gains justify giving a provider deep access to your files and accounts.