Google’s Bard AI chatbot can now search through your Gmail, Docs, and Drive to help you find information. This integration allows Bard to find and summarize the contents of emails and highlight important points in documents. The feature is currently only available in English. While privacy concerns may arise, Google assures users that the information accessed by Bard will not be used to train its public model or seen by human reviewers. Users have the option to opt in or disable the integrations with Gmail, Docs, and Drive. Bard’s extensions also include connections with Maps, YouTube, and Google Flights, allowing users to access real-time flight information, find attractions, and surface YouTube videos. Google plans to expand Bard’s integrations to more products and partners. Additionally, Google has added a Google It button to double-check Bard’s answers, highlighting verified information in green and unvalidated answers in orange. Users can continue conversations with Bard based on shared links. Bard has been gradually adding more features, such as code generation and debugging, as well as support for Google Lens.
