Google continues to act viral posts on social media and type articles this one by Malwarebytes, claiming that Google has changed its policy on using Gmail messages and attachments to train AI models, and the only way to opt out of this decision is to disable “smart features” such as spell checking.
But Google spokeswoman Jenny Thomson says Edge that “these reports are misleading – we haven’t changed anyone’s settings, Gmail’s smart features have been around for many years, and we don’t use content from your Gmail to train our Gemini AI model.”
Still, you can check your settings again Edge The employee also claims that he opted out of some astute features but then decided to turn them back on. in January Google updated Its clever feature personalization settings let you turn off features of Google Workspace and other Google products (like Maps and Wallet) independently of each other.
In addition to spell checking, turning on Gmail’s astute features also allows you to: features like track orders or easily add flights from Gmail to your calendar. Enabling this feature in Workspace means that “you consent to Google Workspace using Workspace content and activities to personalize your Workspace experience,” according to the settings page, but according to Google, this does not mean contributing the contents of your emails for operate in AI training.