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Google to Use Lens, Search Live, and Translate Data for AI Training

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Google is updating its data retention policies to include images from Lens, recordings from Search Live, and audio from Translate for AI training. Users will have a new "Search Services History" setting to manage this data, separate from the existing Web & App Activity. While this data will help Google develop and improve its services, including AI models, users can opt out to prevent their media from being saved and used for training. AI

IMPACT Google's expanded data collection for AI training could lead to more capable AI models, but raises user privacy concerns.

RANK_REASON This is a change to how Google uses existing product data for AI training, not a new model release or core AI research.

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Google to Use Lens, Search Live, and Translate Data for AI Training

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COVERAGE [4]

  1. The Verge — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Emma Roth ·

    Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training

    Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions with Search. In an email sent to users, Google says it will save the images, files, audio, and video you use to search under a new "Search Services History" setting. That includes the images you search for with Googl…

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions

    📰 Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions with Search. In an email sent to users, Google says it will save the images, files, audio, and video you use to search …

    LINKS theverge.com/…/google-search-privacy-sett…
  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions w

    Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions with Search. In an email sent to users, Google says it will save the images, files, audio, and video you use to search un…

    LINKS theverge.com/…/google-search-privacy-sett…
  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🦥 Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training https://www. theverge.com/tech/947836/googl e-search-privacy-se

    🦥 Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training https://www. theverge.com/tech/947836/googl e-search-privacy-settings-images-audio # google # privacy # ai

    LINKS theverge.com/…/google-search-privacy-sett…

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