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Google is scanning it’s user’s data to train AI models, and you can stop this by disabling “smart features” in the google account settings.

Google's privacy policy confirms it uses user data (including publicly available information and content in some services) to improve and develop its products, including AI models. Users have some controls over data use through 'smart features' and personalization settings, but disabling these does not fully prevent all data from being used for AI training — the claim is partially accurate but oversimplified.

Largest vulnerability: Significant uncertainty — conflicting evidence is the main limit: Support ratio 48% (direction: mixed) — evidence is genuinely split.

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The competing case

The evidence is genuinely split. Here is each side and how it balances.

Competing claims we weighed

  • Disabling 'smart features' in Google Account settings fully stops Google from using your data to train AI models.
  • Google does not use personal user data to train its AI models; it only uses publicly available information.
  • Google users have no meaningful controls to limit how their data is used for AI training; all opt-out mechanisms are ineffective.
  • Google's data use for AI training is restricted in the EU/UK by DMA-linked controls, making European users fully protected from AI data training without any additional steps.

Epistry weighs the case for and against — see the full breakdown, including the opposing evidence and why it held or failed, in the app.

Analyzed by Epistry · last updated · google, data privacy, ai training, account settings, user data
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