Google: Now Google will also monitor your voice, photos, and videos; rules changed for AI training..

Google Expands AI Data Collection: As the scope of AI expands, companies are increasingly gathering more data than ever before. Google has now joined this race. Under a new setting, the company can save not only search history but also photos, audio, video, and other files used during services like Google Lens, Voice Search, Search Live, and others. However, this change has sparked a new debate regarding user privacy.

What data will Google store now?
According to media reports, a new setting called "Search Service History" is being added to Google accounts. Through this, the company can save media used during services such as Google Lens, Search Live, Google Translate speaking practice, Voice Search, and other search-related features.

This encompasses more than just text searches; it includes user-uploaded photos, audio recordings, videos, files, and media used during interactions with AI or Search Services. Google is informing users about this directly via notifications.

Why does Google need more data?
Text data alone is insufficient for improving AI models. AI can better understand the real world with the help of photos, videos, audio, and other multimedia data.

For this reason, many AI companies, including Google, are now focusing heavily on multimodal data. Since Google possesses the world's largest user base, the data it receives daily provides a significant advantage for AI training.

Why are questions being raised about privacy?
Google states that this new data collection is intended to enhance the search and AI experience.
However, privacy experts believe that storing increased amounts of user media data could raise concerns regarding data security and confidentiality.

Can this data sharing be turned off?
Yes... if you do not want Google Search Services to save your data, you can disable this feature through the settings. Follow these steps to do this...
First, open Google My Activity.
Select the 'Search Service History' option.
Uncheck the box labeled 'Saved Media'.
After this, the search service will no longer save media data associated with searches.

What is changing?
Once the new setting is implemented, Google will be able to store a wider range of user data than before. However, the company is also providing users with the option to control this feature.
Consequently, for privacy-conscious users, it will be important to periodically check their Google account settings and make adjustments as needed.

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