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According to Ars Technica, an updated Google privacy policy indicates that turning on Personal Intelligence gives the company more data it can use for ad targeting, including from Gmail. The Verge also reported on the change.
Personal AI features work by drawing on private email and other account data, so how that data can be reused matters to users and employers alike. We could not read the full article, so details such as Google’s response are not covered here.
IT teams using Google Workspace or allowing personal Google accounts for work should check whether Personal Intelligence is enabled and what the policy says about their data.
Convovo, a research studio led by Cornell professor Tapan Parikh, asked GPT and Grok through their APIs whom to vote for in nearly 500 U.S. midterm races, according to TechCrunch. Grok 4.7 recommended the Republican in 92% of answers and GPT-6.1 Sol picked the Democrat in 97%, and the two agreed less than 10% of the time.
Meta is delaying enforcement of its new business terms after publishers worried they could let the company scrape news sites for AI training, The Verge reports, citing earlier coverage by Fast Company. A Meta spokesperson said the terms will take effect on November 20.
OpenAI published a post on how it has strengthened containment of the environments where it trains and evaluates frontier models. According to the company, the measures include offline environments and high-compute red-teaming.
OpenAI says it is partnering with NASK, Poland’s research institute, on AI safety, security and technical research. According to the company, the goal is to strengthen safeguards and support a more resilient digital ecosystem.