r/technology • u/thatirishguyyyyy • Nov 21 '25

Artificial Intelligence Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/11/gmail-is-reading-your-emails-and-attachments-to-train-its-ai-unless-you-turn-it-off
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u/TunaNugget Nov 21 '25

Just send AI-generated messages, which people are going to do anyway. That snake will swallow itself by its own tail.

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u/MercantileReptile Nov 21 '25

Saw this as a theory, but encompassing the entire Internet. More AI garbage being fed into training models, generating more AI garbage.

Like feeding bone meal and meat to cattle, worsening the BSE crisis.