less use of your data for AI training
Artificial intelligence is all around us, but it obviously needs to be trained. There is a lot of discussion about this: artists do not think it is okay that Dall-E, for example, has been trained with their creations. You notice that companies are now a bit clearer and different in the competition when it comes to training AI. This also applies to Google, which has adjusted its privacy policy and thus makes a promise to use your data less heavily to train its AI.
Google’s privacy policy
As of July 1, a new privacy policy for users of Google services has come into effect and you can find it on the special website that Google has created for this purpose. Google has long stated in its privacy policy that it collects data from its users and that this data is used for business purposes. For example, one of those purposes is research & development (research and development) and this includes Google Translate.
It now appears that Google wants to clarify how it deals with privacy when it comes to AI products. This is how it now stands (now italicized words are new, thanks 9to5Google):
Google uses information to improve our services and to develop new products, features and technologies that benefit our users and the public. For example, we use publicly available information to help train Google’s AI models and build products and features like Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI capabilities.
In Dutch that is (freely translated):
Google uses data to improve our services and develop new products, features and technologies for the benefit of our users and the public. For example, we use publicly available information to Googles AIhelp train models and products and features like Google Translate, Bard and Cloud AI capabilities build.
There may be little change in text: AI, Bard and Cloud AI have been added, but it does say something about what Google is doing now. Later in the text, Google also indicates that the publicly available information can also be used to train models. In short, your private data in your account seems to be safe from training AI models, although Google does not say this explicitly. On the other hand, with policy it is mainly what you do describe, and not so much what you don’t do.
Do you agree with the amendment of this privacy policy? Let us know in the comments.
