Google's Gmail Upgrade Decision: 2B Users Must Act Now(forbes.com)
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Google's Gmail Upgrade Decision: 2B Users Must Act Now
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/10/googles-gmail-upgrade-decision-2-billion-users-must-act-now/
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> whether or not Gemini really does forget what it has seen as easily as claimed
Whoever is writing this seems to have absolutely no clue how AI works.
Given that Google is clear about the fact that they don't train on your emails, the worst that could be happening here is that... within the scope of your account they maintain an extra index or two, or... additional synthesized data, in addition to the many indexes that they already maintain over your email.
Whoever is writing this seems to have absolutely no clue how AI works.
Given that Google is clear about the fact that they don't train on your emails, the worst that could be happening here is that... within the scope of your account they maintain an extra index or two, or... additional synthesized data, in addition to the many indexes that they already maintain over your email.
> Whoever is writing this seems to have absolutely no clue how AI works.
The question isn’t really about how AI works. It’s about how Google (the company) works. Do their actions match their stated intentions? Which is really a question of trust. Are they incentivised to lie? Yes. Are they likely to survive a disclosure scandal? Facebook’s experience inclines me to believe yes.
The question isn’t really about how AI works. It’s about how Google (the company) works. Do their actions match their stated intentions? Which is really a question of trust. Are they incentivised to lie? Yes. Are they likely to survive a disclosure scandal? Facebook’s experience inclines me to believe yes.
While composing a reply to recipient B leaking some details that it "learned" when reading a mail from sender A, which you did not want to share with B. I have no idea how they organize sessions, indexes and whatever they use. But if no "side-channels" existed, I would be extremely surprised.
Of course reading generated text remains the sole responsibility of the user before clicking "Send". We all know that reading drafts can happen more or less carefully, especially when being in a hurry.
Of course reading generated text remains the sole responsibility of the user before clicking "Send". We all know that reading drafts can happen more or less carefully, especially when being in a hurry.
Google has been "clear" on many things in the past that were outright lies.
If it's free and not a taxpayer-provided utility, you are the product. Full stop.
pramitdev(1)
The value proposition behind google hosted domains is falling.