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Updated on May 7 as another viral AI controversy hits Google users. <\/p>\n
“If you have a Gmail account,” Shark Tank\u2019s Lori Greiner posted on Instagram<\/a> this weekend, “do not ignore this warning.” The star claims \u201cGoogle doesn\u2019t want you to know this, but they\u2019ve been allowing AI to scan every single one of your emails.\u201d <\/p>\n This is the AI upgrade<\/a> that I have warned Gmail users about before. By enabling its new smart features, Gemini crawls through your inbox to deliver smart searches, contextual replies and email summaries. It\u2019s clearly a major change and it continues to go live<\/a> for ever more of Gmail\u2019s 1.8 billion users.<\/p>\n Forbes\u2018Starts May 6\u2019\u2014Samsung\u2019s Free Android Upgrade Now Goes LiveBy Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHere\u2019s the good news,” Greiner says, “you can turn it off in 30 seconds.” Users are told to disable the two settings that switch all this on. You\u2019ll find those in Smart Features and Personalisation settings, where you can control it for Gmail and other products. But you can\u2019t dip in and out. if you disable it, you lose new AI upgrades.<\/p>\n Google asks me to stress that all these features are optional and users always remain in control. They\u2019re likely enabled by default, so you do need to act if you want to disable them. Google is more concrete on data training, assuring that user email content is never used to train its AI models<\/a> through this upgrade.<\/p>\n While the viral post is new, detail on the Gmail update is not. What is new is the enhanced Personal Intelligence<\/a> update that scans content across various Google platforms to storyboard your life, letting you opt-in to connecting apps to Gemini<\/a>. You should make a decision on this as well \u2014 it\u2019s more intrusive than just email and this is now going live to millions of users as well.<\/p>\n The Gmail update isn\u2019t as binary as Greiner suggests. Most users will take the convenience and accept the privacy risks. While Google is not a privacy-first brand, it\u2019s trusted to secure sensitive user information \u2014 from everyone but itself.<\/p>\n Another Gmail AI warning. <\/p>\n dpa\/picture alliance via Getty Images<\/p>\n Google also assures<\/a> that \u201cGemini in Gmail does not retain your data. We engineered it to work securely inside your inbox so that it only processes what you ask for, then leaves your inbox. Gemini only processes your information to complete your specific request, and doesn’t hold onto that data afterward.\u201d<\/p>\n Even so, you do need to make a decision on your red lines for such updates \u2014 and not just for Google and Gmail. It\u2019s everything, everywhere these days.<\/p>\n With Greiner\u2019s warning still fresh in users\u2019 minds, there\u2019s another Google AI privacy story making headlines around the world. \u201cGoogle just gave me the best reason ever to uninstall Chrome,” reports Android Central<\/a>.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Android Headlines<\/a> explains that \u201cChrome has been secretly downloading a 4GB Gemini Nano model to your device,” reporting that \u201ca privacy researcher discovered Chrome is silently pushing a 4GB Gemini Nano model to user devices with no consent prompt, no notification, and no easy way to stop it. And the \u201cAI Mode\u201d feature you actually see? It still phones home to Google.\u201d<\/p>\n