Is Google using your Gmail messages to train Gemini AI? Here’s what the company says

Google has strongly refuted viral claims that it is scanning users’ Gmail messages and attachments to train its Gemini AI model. In response to widespread social media posts and reports, the company stated that these allegations are “misleading”.

The uproar began after a widely shared article from ‘Malware bytes’ fuelled concerns by claiming users could only opt out of this setting by disabling Gmail’s ‘Smart Features’, including spell check.