1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: The machines are getting smarter. This is tech talk, not 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: to you, my skynet. How can I forget? 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 2: Mark Saltzman is our tech expert, and we are now 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 2: in the Gemini era of Gmail. Should we be letting 5 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: AI prioritize our life? Is this a disaster when it 6 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 2: comes to privacy? Is this a time saver that's going 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 2: to change everything? 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: Mark? I trust you to tell us the truth. The 9 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: answer is yes to all. Okay, Yes, it will help 10 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: you do more in less time. 11 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 3: And yes, you are giving up some privacy if you 12 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 3: want to use these tools. 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: But we'll get to that. 14 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 3: It's not as bad as it sounds, but I'll let 15 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 3: the listeners decide. It's not for everyone, you know. But yes, Gmail, 16 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 3: nothing is free. Let's just put that out there, right, 17 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 3: it's quote unquote free. But someone has to pay for 18 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 3: this service. And it's not just ads anymore, it's your data. 19 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 3: But we'll get to that. So yeah, So Gemini, which 20 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 3: is Google's AI generative AI platform, It is now being 21 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 3: infused into your Gmail inbox, rolling out to across the 22 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 3: country over the next few weeks. But some may have 23 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 3: even seen this already. So what does that mean exactly? 24 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 3: So now Google calls your Gmail Personal assistant powered by AI, 25 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 3: and what this is is a revamp of your email 26 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 3: to help you stay more productive. For example, they now 27 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 3: can give you suggested to dos, a to do list 28 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 3: based on your emails, so it can automatically, like by scrubbing, 29 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 3: allowing the AI to scrub your messages identify things and 30 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 3: lists that are actionable items that you may want like 31 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 3: upcoming bills, calendar appointments, or client requests that need a reply. 32 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 3: It's going to remind you to do that. If you 33 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 3: haven't seen this already, then there's going to give you 34 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 3: summary of emails, so without you even having to open 35 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 3: the Gmail. If you hover your mouse or if you 36 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 3: press and hold on that message on the app, it 37 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 3: will give you a summary. 38 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: It's not always accurate, but you may have seen this already. 39 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 3: Apple does this too, by the way, with the Apple 40 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 3: Mail give you a basically a one sentence summary of 41 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 3: what the emails about or a couple of words, and 42 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 3: it will help prioritize the messages, so not just based 43 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 3: on when they arrive in your inbox, but what is 44 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 3: deemed to be more important, So it's looking for words 45 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 3: like urgent or important, or you know, can you deal 46 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 3: with this now kind of furbage. It also help you 47 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 3: write better replies. As you know, we've seen this already, 48 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,640 Speaker 3: So helping you write better emails, replies to the message, 49 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 3: you get things like that. 50 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: So writing enhancements. 51 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 3: Okay, So when it comes to and a lot of 52 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 3: this is free, there is an AI pro model for 53 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 3: some of these advanced features. 54 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: But the question is is this okay? 55 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 4: Well, just be clear by you talk about helping you 56 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 4: write the responses or something you're not just it's not 57 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 4: just finishing words for you. 58 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: I've noticed that in art right now. 59 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 3: No, not just autocorrecting words or grammar like spelling and grammar, 60 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 3: but actually asking would you like like it's going to 61 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 3: suggest a response and you can have it more professional 62 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 3: sounding or it could be more casual or somewhere in between, 63 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 3: which a lot of people, like you know a lot 64 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 3: of people maybe English isn't their native tongue and they 65 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 3: are a bit insecure and they don't want to compose 66 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 3: a you know, poor sounding email. They may want to 67 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 3: lean on some of these services. It's always best to 68 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 3: read what it's suggesting before you just click. You know, 69 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 3: you blindly click or tap send. But yeah, they it 70 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 3: can do a pretty good job, I think, but again 71 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 3: you have to match the tone of the cell of 72 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 3: the person sending us to you, or again just knowing 73 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 3: your relationship. Is it your boss that you're replying to 74 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 3: or is this your neighbor who wants to do drinks 75 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 3: after work, and it'll try to match that vibe. So 76 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 3: a lot of people are concerned about this because you're 77 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 3: allowing your messages to be read by Google. 78 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: What the company is saying is that no humans are 79 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: reading it. 80 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 3: This is all AI that is scanning your inbox, and 81 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 3: so it's not like there's no human that works at 82 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 3: Google that knows that. Gary wrote to Shannon that she 83 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 3: wasn't happy with the show yesterday with how she was 84 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 3: treated on the air, and I don't know it's making 85 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 3: all this up. 86 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: He was going to go awkward giggles. Maybe I stepped 87 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: on something here. 88 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,239 Speaker 3: So and Google will also say that there's no AI 89 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 3: training with your information, so they're not using your private 90 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 3: emails to train its large language models. It's Gemini platform. 91 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 3: Nor is their ad targeting. So yes, you're going to 92 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 3: see ads, but it's tied more to your web search 93 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 3: history and not the contents of the messages. But still 94 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 3: some people don't like this. Don't use Gmail if you 95 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 3: have any privacy issues, like if you've got any concerns. 96 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 3: There are way better mail platforms out there, like Proton, example, 97 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 3: that take care of your privacy a lot more seriously. 98 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: So this is just something. But a lot of people say, 99 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 1: I don't care. You want to see my emails. I 100 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: don't care. 101 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 3: They like the service, it's free. There is something you're 102 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 3: giving up in the process. You can opt out of 103 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 3: the AI as well, which goes without saying. So if 104 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 3: you don't want any AI, you just want to use Gmail, 105 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 3: you're gonna see ads, that's fine. But if you want 106 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 3: to opt out of all of that AI stuff, you 107 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 3: can go into the settings and just. 108 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: Turn off all these what are called smart features. Is 109 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: there as personal intelligence? 110 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 4: Is there a way for me to opt out of 111 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 4: the Gemini AI overview whenever I use Google as a 112 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 4: search engine. 113 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: That's a good question. 114 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 3: I don't know if there is, because you should see 115 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 3: a tab that says AI mode, and you don't have 116 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 3: to click it. You can just read what's called the 117 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 3: all tabs. So you do a web search at Google. Yeah, 118 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 3: you'll see the first option is AI mode for some people, 119 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 3: depending on what browser you use. I think Chrome, because 120 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 3: it's owned by Google, you're going to buy default see 121 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 3: that AI mode first. But with other browsers like Microsoft 122 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 3: Edge or Safari, which is Apple's browser, or you know, Firefox, 123 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 3: there's other companies, it may not be by default. You 124 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 3: have to click or tap AI mode in order to 125 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 3: give you that summary. Yeah, you know, it's a blessing 126 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 3: and a curse. Yes, a lot of times when I'm 127 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 3: looking for information, I don't even have to land on 128 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 3: the website anymore. It's giving me that answer. But I 129 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 3: also feel for those who like businesses whose web traffic 130 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 3: has seen a huge decrease because people no longer have 131 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,839 Speaker 3: to go to that website right to get the info right, 132 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 3: and they're paying to you know, that's their business, that's 133 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 3: their bread and butter. So I've got mixed feelings about it. Yeah, anyhow, 134 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 3: and sometimes. 135 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 4: It's very easy, but then you realize you're giving into 136 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 4: the machine and got to break free of that. 137 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 2: I don't think there's a way to break free of 138 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 2: giving into machines anymore. 139 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,679 Speaker 1: Is there no good point? 140 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 3: I mean, the answer isn't becoming a luddite and unplugging 141 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 3: and you know, with tinfoil on your head. 142 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 1: I don't think we need to go that far. I'm 143 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: not going to do that. 144 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 3: There's a couple of things you can do even if 145 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 3: you're not tech savvy. There's a couple of things you 146 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 3: can do in the settings and options of your smart TV. 147 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 3: So it's not you know, using your preferences to you know, 148 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 3: for marketing purposes, like when you ask to see, you know, 149 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 3: a Tom Cruise movie. It's someone's paying for all that data. 150 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 3: So you can turn all that off and just do 151 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 3: it old. 152 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: School, but it takes a bit of work. 153 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 4: To do all right, great stuff Mark as always. 154 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thanks guys you've met. 155 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 4: Follow Mark of course on x M R C Underscore 156 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 4: Saltzman with a Z got some great stuff in there. 157 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 4: And of course is tech it Out podcast that you 158 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 4: can listen to on the iHeartRadio app.