Google is weaving Gemini deeper into Gmail than ever before, and while the headlines have been all about changing your email address, the bigger shift is happening quietly in the background. Gmail’s VP of the product, Blake Barnes, put it bluntly in a recent YouTube video: "There’s a lot going on in AI these days. Sometimes it might even feel overwhelming." Press enter or click to view image in full size Image credit: Meta AI He's not wrong. The Privacy Question Let’s be honest nobody has ever picked Gmail for its privacy credentials. People use it because it’s convenient, it works, and it integrates seamlessly with everything else Google makes. The spam filtering is solid, if not perfect. But now Google is essentially inviting an AI assistant to read through your inbox, and that changes the equation. Barnes tried to ease concerns with an analogy: think of Gemini as a guest who enters a private room with your inbox, helps you out, then leaves and "all information about your inbox evaporates.…