Google just lately introduced quite a lot of upgrades to its generative AI-based chatbot, together with altering its title from Bard to Gemini, releasing a brand new Android app and unveiling a brand new Extremely 1.0 language mannequin. Shortly after the announcement, nevertheless, Google issued a stern warning to all Gemini customers, asking them to not share any confidential info with the chatbot.
Notably, a assist doc posted by Google revealed that a few of the conversations customers have with Gemini are reviewed by human reviewers in an effort to “assist with high quality and enhance our merchandise”. Though Google says that solely a “subset” of conversations are handed on to human reviewers and that user-identifying info comparable to e mail addresses and telephone numbers are eliminated beforehand.
The assist doc dated February 8 reads, “Please do not enter confidential info in your conversations or any information you would not desire a reviewer to see or Google to make use of to enhance our merchandise, companies, and machine-learning applied sciences.”
“If you wish to use Gemini Apps with out saving your conversations to your Google Account, you may flip off your Gemini Apps Exercise. You may overview your prompts or delete your conversations out of your Gemini Apps Exercise at myactivity.google.com/product/gemini.” the doc additional notes.
Whereas customers can decide to show off their Gemini Apps exercise, Google nonetheless saves Gemini conversations for as much as 72 hours so as “to assist preserve and enhance Gemini Apps”.
What sort of Gemini information does Google retailer and why?
Google collects customers’ conversations, location, suggestions and utilization info after they use Gemini. Nevertheless, Google says it collects extra info when Gemini is ready up as a cellular assistant in an effort to “perceive and reply” to person queries.
Explaining the rationale for amassing person information, Google says this information helps it “present, enhance, and develop Google merchandise, companies, and machine-learning applied sciences, like those who energy Gemini Apps.”
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Printed: 13 Feb 2024, 02:23 PM IST
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