Stefan BohacekNov 20

EDIT: The Malwarebytes article has been updated:

"After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case."

This confusion could've been easily avoided if Google was more clear in how they communicate with their users.

ORIGINAL:

PSA to anyone who uses Gmail!

"Reportedly, Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. This means your emails could be analyzed to improve Google’s AI assistants, like Smart Compose or AI-generated replies. Unless you decide to take action."

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/11/gmail-is-reading-your-emails-and-attachments-to-train-its-ai-unless-you-turn-it-off

#gmail #AI

[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"

Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.

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Show threadaltf4Nov 21
@stefan Mine were turned off by default. Is this a US thing?
Show threadStefan BohacekNov 21
@altf4 It might be!
Show threadaltf4Nov 21
@stefan I think they can't legally do this here. They will probably do a sneaky popup you might click for it to go away
Show threadgroxx

@altf4 @stefan even more fun: I've consistently disabled "smart"-anything in Gmail. the checkbox says "when you turn this setting on..."

... and it's on. there is absolutely no way I ever turned that setting on.

Nov 21 at 2:10amWeb