New Delhi, June 13 -- One winter night, a year ago, I found myself particularly bothered by a case of freezing feet. Socks wouldn't help. Moving around didn't help either - not for long. I decided to test Gemini for a solution. At that time, the chat assistant was a novelty. Gemini takes in the situation and asks me to go make some of my favourite Darjeeling tea and soak my feet in it. Of all the bizarre suggestions.

I thought it was teasing me but couldn't understand how it knew I loved Darjeeling tea. Then the penny dropped. I had given it what I thought was a set of harmless facts about me - I like learning a language, I sing Hindustani Classical, I'm a tech journalist, and I love Darjeeling tea. So, it tried to personalize its respon...