Google discreetly revised its privacy policy over the weekend, which you most likely missed. Even though the policy's phrasing hasn't changed much from previously, it's enough to cause alarm.
The new Google policy raises more privacy concerns.
Gizmodo has learned that Google has revised its privacy statement. While much of the policy is unremarkable, one section—the research and development section—now stands out. That part, which currently reads as follows, describes how Google may use your information:
Google uses the information to develop new products, features, and technologies that benefit our users and the general public as well as to enhance our current services. To train Google's AI models, for instance, and create features and products like Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI capabilities, we leverage publicly accessible data.
This section previously stated "for language models" rather than "AI models." Additionally, Bard and Cloud AI were not mentioned at the time; just Google Translate was.
This is a strange clause for a firm to introduce, the outlet notes. It's strange because the way it's written gives the impression that the tech company has the right to collect and utilise data from any area of the open internet. A policy like this often exclusively addresses how the business would utilise information posted on its own services.
Although most people are probably aware that whatever they post online will be accessible to the public, this development introduces a fresh twist: usage. It's important to consider how that information will be used as well as if others will be able to see what you post online.
In order to give real-time information, Bard, ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and other AI models scrape data from the internet. The information's sources can frequently be found in the works of others. There are currently cases charging these AI tools of stealing, and there will probably be more in the future.
Although most people are probably aware that whatever they post online will be accessible to the public, this development introduces a fresh twist: usage. It's important to consider how that information will be used as well as if others will be able to see what you post online.
In order to give real-time information, Bard, ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and other AI models scrape data from the internet. The information's sources can frequently be found in the works of others. There are currently cases charging these AI tools of stealing, and there will probably be more in the future.