Google is rolling out new privacy settings that will use user data, including uploaded media and audio, to train its AI models. These settings, such as Search Services History, are often enabled by default, requiring users to actively opt out. While Google states these changes aim to improve search results and can be managed at any time, the data, once used for training, is disconnected from the account and can be retained for up to four years. Privacy advocates argue that companies should default to an opt-in system for AI data training rather than requiring users to opt out. AI
IMPACT Users must actively manage privacy settings to control how their data is used for AI training, with potential long-term retention of information.
RANK_REASON Article describes a change in a widely used product's settings and user-facing privacy implications, rather than a new model release or core research.
- Davis Thompson
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Google Lens
- Google Translate
- My activity book: mathematics
- Search Personalization Using Machine Learning
- Search Services History
- Thorin Klosowski
- Web & App Activity
- Wired
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