Google Updates Privacy Policy To Collect Public Data For AI Training

Article summary:

Google recently updated its privacy policy to allow the company to collect and analyze information people share online to train its AI models. This update marks a clear shift from Google’s previous terms of service, as it now reserves the right to use people’s data to improve all its “AI” models and products. This raises privacy concerns, as AI technologies such as Google’s Bard and OpenAI’s ChatGPT may be taking in and reusing people’s posts, reviews, and other online content. People can take steps to protect their data, such as using Google’s privacy controls, using alternative services, and reading the privacy policies for websites and mobile apps before using them.

Key points:

• Google's updated policy marks a clear shift from Google’s previous terms of service.
• Google reserves the right to use people’s data to improve all its “AI” models and products.
• Privacy concerns arise, as AI technologies may be taking in and reusing people’s posts, reviews, and other online content.

• Only post information publicly that you are comfortable with anyone, including Google, accessing and using.
• Use Google’s privacy controls.
• Use alternative services.
• Enable incognito or private browsing mode.
• Read the privacy policies for websites, mobile apps, or other services before using them.
• Contact Google directly to express your concerns.

• Google’s update allowing the company to collect and analyze public data to train its AI systems highlights important issues.
• Data collection should be done legally and ethically, with users’ consent and knowledge about how their information is used.
• People should thoughtfully decide what they share online and be aware that public posts may be utilized in ways that are hard to foresee.

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