Google’s AI is now sniffing your email – here’s how to unsubscribe

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Key insights from ZDNET

• A new change allows Google to use your private email and data to train its AIs.
• The change could be introduced without the express permission or knowledge of users.
• A lawsuit has been filed against Google for privacy violations.

Are you okay with Google spying on your private emails to train its AI without your permission? No, I didn’t think that. But apparently that’s exactly what the company did.

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