Google Bard to Launch "Memory" Feature for Personalized Conversation Experience

Everyone has their own preferences or requirements that need to be respected, and Google's Bard will soon adapt to you by remembering the important details you tell it.

When chatting with Bard, each new conversation starts from scratch, which means if you and your friend ask Google's AI the same question, you may get similar answers. Bard can also use some specific information to personalize your answers, such as your current location (if provided) or recent announcements, like the "Extensions" that can access information similar to your Gmail inbox.

However, sometimes it can be cumbersome to remind AI of these details at the beginning of each conversation. For example, if you are on a gluten-free diet or have food allergies, you need to remind Bard every time you ask for recipe recommendations.

Google seems to be preparing a new way for Bard to remember important details about you and your preferences. According to Dylan Roussel's findings, the upcoming "Memory" feature will allow Bard to consider specific details you share with it and use them to improve future results. In the early versions of the UI (as shown in the image below), Google listed some examples of what Bard can be asked to remember.

• I try to avoid eating meat
• I have two children
• Please provide shorter answers

In these examples, we can assume that "I try to avoid eating meat" will be used to improve recipe recommendations, while "I have two children" may be used for travel recommendations and portion sizes for meals. A similar feature appeared earlier this year in ChatGPT in the form of "Custom Prompts".

Through the "Memory" page on the left menu, you will be able to add new preferences. It can be speculated that this page will allow you to delete incorrect or unnecessary memories. Currently, we cannot fully use this feature and see how memories affect Bard's responses.

Considering privacy, you can easily turn off Bard's memory function by using the toggle button on the left side of the screen. This will allow you to start conversations without relying on memory and also ask the chatbot not to remember certain topics for the next time.