Google Drive: AI Tool Gemini Struggles to Organize Your Files

After 14 years of using Google Drive, a user finds themselves with 340 GB of stored data, including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Gmail messages accumulated over the years. To manage this space, they pay $20 per month for the Google AI Pro plan, which offers 5 TB of storage. Additionally, they also pay $20 per month for ChatGPT Plus. Despite this investment, the clutter has become so overwhelming that they have almost stopped trying to manage their Drive.

Google recently introduced a feature called "Organize My Files," which uses the Gemini artificial intelligence to suggest file moves and the creation of new folders. This feature is currently reserved for Google Workspace and Google AI subscribers and requires the activation of Workspace's smart features.

To use this tool, users must log into their Google account, open Google Drive, and click on "Suggest File Moves." Gemini then analyzes the files and offers organization recommendations. During a test, the tool suggested 19 moves, primarily for recent files. Some suggestions, such as grouping resumes into a folder, were relevant. However, the tool failed to recognize certain files to delete, such as a file titled "Delete."

Despite these features, the tool still seems unfinished. After approving the changes, a second attempt generated the same suggestions, with no new organization proposals. This limitation leaves users with expensive subscriptions, like the $20 per month Google AI Pro plan, without any real improvement in managing their files.