The internet is saying AI is training off your Gmail account — but Google denies it entirely

A smartphone with the Gmail logo on it resting on top of a computer keyboard.

Viral posts on X claim that Google has changed its policies to allow Gmail messages and attachments to be used to train AI models. Now, Google is pushing back on these claims.

According to these claims, not only was Google using data from Gmail for training, but the only way to opt out of it was to disable ‘smart features’ such as spell checking.