Google’s Gemini, a cutting-edge AI technology, raises significant privacy concerns, prompting the tech giant to caution users against sharing sensitive information.
This warning comes amid fears that human reviewers might access and annotate user data, potentially contributing to AI training datasets.
Gemini showcases its prowess across Android apps, iPhone functionalities, and as a standalone chatbot. Its multimodal interaction capabilities, which allow it to process queries via images, audio, or text, highlight the innovative strides in AI technology.
However, this advancement comes with privacy risks. Google acknowledges collecting extensive data from Gemini interactions, including conversations, usage patterns, and location data to refine Google’s products and services, especially in AI and machine learning.
Google warns, “Please don’t enter confidential information in your conversations or any data you wouldn’t want a reviewer to see or Google to use to improve our products, services, and machine-learning technologies. Google collects your Gemini Apps conversations, related product usage information, info about your location, and your feedback.” It says the information is used to “improve and develop Google products and services and machine learning technologies.”
For users concerned about their privacy, Google offers customization settings to delete data from their Google accounts. However, a loophole remains, as collected and reviewed data is retained for up to three years, not linked to user accounts but utilized for Google’s analysis and improvement initiatives.
Google’s advice to users is clear: think twice before divulging sensitive information. While disabling Gemini Apps Activity can protect your data from human review, a 72-hour retention period still exists.
Soon before the Gemini launch, many people believe that Google use their personal data to train their AI models.
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This window allows Google to maintain service quality and incorporate user feedback. Moreover, using Gemini could inadvertently share data with third-party services, each with its privacy regulations.
Users must carefully balance the benefits of advanced AI against preserving their personal data privacy. The case of Google Gemini underlines the ongoing struggle to balance AI advancements with user privacy.
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