Google is using your personal data to train its AI, here’s how to stop it

Google has quietly expanded how much of your personal data it can use to train its AI models, and yes, that includes your Gmail inbox. Emails, attachments, receipts, bills, private conversations… all of it can help power Google’s generative AI features unless you manually opt out.

The change affects features like Smart Compose, predictive writing tools and upcoming AI-generated responses. But what’s troubling users is not the technology, it’s the default setting.