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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out

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Feed Name: Malwarebytes Blog

Date Published: 2025-11-20

Date Updated: 2026-04-28

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This updated article clarifies that Gmail’s “smart features” analyze email content for functions like spam filtering and suggestions, not for training Google’s generative AI models, and that these settings are intended to be opt-in. It addresses user confusion over recent wording changes, references a related lawsuit, and provides step-by-step instructions to fully opt out by disabling smart features in two separate settings areas.

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