Gmail Double-Checks Your To: Line...

Google is at it again, making computers smarter and smarter to make your life more convenient and eventually take over the world. This time, the uncanny intelligence is being applied to the To: line on your Gmail, with a Google Labs feature called "Got the wrong Bob?" It works by analyzing what groups of people you usually email together, and flags any unusual-but-similar address you may accidentally add to such groups. It's something that's happened to all of us at some time, and it's nice (if a bit creepy) to know that Gmail has your back. This joins other ingenious Gmail features I've covered, like the decency filter for ads, automatic unsubscribe, time zone help, and my favorite the forgotten attachment detector. Keep it up, Google - I, for one, welcome our pending computer overlords...
[via Esquire & Gizmodo]