Gemini

Google just opened the floodgates on one of its most powerful — and most unsettling — AI features. Personal Intelligence, previously a paid perk, is now rolling out free to all US Gemini users. It lets the AI dig through your Gmail, Google Photos, Google Docs, and search history to deliver answers that are eerily specific to you. Ask about your next flight. It pulls the confirmation email. Planning a trip? It cross-references your hotel bookings with your photo library to suggest places your family will actually like. It even spots patterns in your photos — “many ice cream selfies” — and recommends parlors during your layover. ...

There’s a dirty secret in the AI agent world: most teams running Claude Opus are burning money for bragging rights. Don’t get me wrong — Opus 4.6 is a beast. It tops SWE-bench at 80.9%, handles 200K context windows without breaking a sweat, and orchestrates multi-tool workflows like a conductor with perfect pitch. But at $15 per million tokens (blended), it’s the filet mignon of language models. And most of us are building tacos. ...