Gmail can read your emails and attachments, says viral report: Google responds: We do…

Google is pushing back hard against viral claims that it’s secretly scanning Gmail messages to train its artificial intelligence, calling the reports “misleading” and insisting no policy changes have occurred. “We do not use your Gmail content to train our Gemini AI model,” Google spokesperson Jenny Thomson stated Friday, responding to widespread panic triggered by a security blog post that suggested the company was mining private emails without user consent. The company emphasized that Gmail’s smart features have existed for years and no settings were changed without user knowledge.

The controversy erupted after Malwarebytes published findings claiming Google was analyzing private emails and attachments to improve AI tools like Smart Compose and Smart Reply.