▲ 38 ▼ Gmail users warned to opt out of new feature - what we know (www.newsweek.com) submitted 8 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 8 months ago (1 child) Guys, it's about training AI on your emails. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 5 points 8 months ago (1 child) Actually, it's about a guy tweeting that it's about training AI on your emails. It doesn't look like anything like that is mentioned in the actual text describing the features themselves. This is a good example of why jumping to burn-the-witch conclusions "without reading" is perhaps a bad idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 point 8 months ago This sentence buried in Gmail's settings seems to imply it's what is happening by default: Even if you turn off smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet, some smart features with individual on and off settings are still available. These features don't use opted-out user data to improve the models that power them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 5 points 8 months ago (1 child) Actually, it's about a guy tweeting that it's about training AI on your emails. It doesn't look like anything like that is mentioned in the actual text describing the features themselves. This is a good example of why jumping to burn-the-witch conclusions "without reading" is perhaps a bad idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 point 8 months ago This sentence buried in Gmail's settings seems to imply it's what is happening by default: Even if you turn off smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet, some smart features with individual on and off settings are still available. These features don't use opted-out user data to improve the models that power them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 point 8 months ago This sentence buried in Gmail's settings seems to imply it's what is happening by default: Even if you turn off smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet, some smart features with individual on and off settings are still available. These features don't use opted-out user data to improve the models that power them. permalink fedilink source parent