A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here’s how to turn it off.

  • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    When did they ever say they weren’t scanning emails for ad words? Pretty sure that was in the April 1st, 2004 announcement. I found this article from then that says:

    To finance the service, Google will display advertising links tied to the topics discussed within the e-mails. For instance, an e-mail inquiring about an upcoming concert might include an ad from a ticket agency.