Google is using your data to train its AI models

Google has updated its Privacy & Terms policy to state exactly how it will be using your publicly available data to train and improve its AI models. As noticed by Techspot, the policy reveals that any information from publicly accessible sources (i.e. local newspapers) are gathered and incorporated into the Google search engine index, and made available to AI to improve {Google Translate}, {Bard}, and {Cloud} AI capabilities.

The policy explicitly states: "we may collect information that's publicly available online or from other public sources to help train Google's AI models and build products and features like Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI capabilities. Or, if your business's information appears on a website, we may index and display it on Google services."

Judging by the fact that {Bard}, Google's answer to ChatGPT, has been accused of being a "pathological liar" it's probably a good thing that it's being trained with more data. As for how the tech giant is collecting data for its AI, that may open the door to a few headaches for Google, as not all publicly available data is regarded as fair game, and there is a lot of legal grey area currently with what can be used and shouldn't be used to better AI systems.