Google automatically opts Gmail users into a feature that allows the company to access email data “to train AI models,” according to cybersecurity experts. Fortunately, users can opt-out in a few simple steps.
In the industry-wide race to improve AI systems, companies have increasingly turned to human-generated data for training. Even AI assistants that take meeting notes or summarize content can passively collect user data in the process, according to reporting from HuffPost. Google’s privacy policy is explicit about its broader approach to data use. “Google uses information to improve our services and to develop new products, features and technologies that benefit our users and the public,” the company states. “For example, we use publicly available information to help train Google’s AI models and build products and features like Google Translate, Gemini Apps, and Cloud AI capabilities.”
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