Google is banning such viral social media posts and articles Malwarebytes, Claiming that Google has changed its policy of using your Gmail messages and attachments to train AI models, and the only way to opt out is to disable “smart features” like spell check.
But Google spokeswoman Jenny Thomson says The Verge That “these reports are misleading – we haven’t changed any settings, Gmail smart features have been in place for many years, and we don’t use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI models.”
You might want to double-check your settings anyway the verge The employee also says that they had opted to turn on some smart features, but were given the option to disable them again. In January, Google updated its Smart Feature personalization settings so you can change features for Google Workspace and other Google products (like Maps and Wallet) independently of each other.
In addition to things like spell check, having Gmail’s smart features turned on enables features like tracking orders or easily adding flights to your calendar from Gmail. According to the Settings page, enabling the feature in Workspaces means that “you agree to let Google Workspaces use your Workspaces content and activity to personalize your experience in Workspaces,” but according to Google, it doesn’t mean handing over the contents of your emails to be used for AI training.