Google denies “misleading” reports about Gmail using your emails to train artificial intelligence

Google is hitting again Viral social media posts And articles like This is from before Malware, It claims that Google has changed its policy to use Gmail messages and attachments to train AI models, and the only way to opt out is to disable “smart features” like spell checking.

But Google spokeswoman Jenny Thompson says Edge “These reports are misleading – we haven’t changed anyone’s settings, Gmail’s intelligent features have been around for many years, and we don’t use your Gmail content to train our Gemini AI model.”

You may want to double-check your settings anyway, for one edge The employee also says they opted out of some smart features, but opted back in to turn them on. In January, Google has been updated Smart feature customization settings so that you can run features of Google Workspace and other Google products (such as Maps and Wallet) independently of each other.

In addition to things like spell checking, Gmail’s smart features are enabled Features like Easily track orders or add flights from Gmail to your calendar. Enabling the feature in Workspace means that you “agree to let Google Workspace use your Workspace content and activity to personalize your experience across Workspace,” according to the settings page, but according to Google, this does not mean handing over the content of your emails for use in AI training.