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Gmail is reading your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you turn it off (www.malwarebytes.com)

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

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[–] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

gmail has been reading your emails from the beginning and have even been caught when they said they were not. It never ceases to amaze me how stupid people are to have ever even used googol since the beginning.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 14 hours 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.