The key for AI-powered chatbots like Google\u2019s Bard or OpenAI\u2019s popular ChatGPT is data. The more data that these models learn, the smarter they become. A reason why Twitter put read limits is that it didn\u2019t want AI companies to do data scraping to train their models. Now, Google has clarified that it will use user data to train Bard and other generative AI content.
Updates to Google\u2019s privacy policy<\/span>
According to a report by Gizmodo, Google has updated its privacy policy and made it clear it will rely on data that is publicly available. \u201cGoogle uses information to improve our services and to develop new products, features and technologies that benefit our users and the public. For example, we use publicly available information to help train Google\u2019s AI models and build products and features like Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI capabilities,\u201d the updated policy reads.
User private data will not be used but anything and everything that is publicly available, Google will use that data. Google\u2019s privacy policy also makes it clear that \u201cwhen you\u2019re signed in, we also collect information that we store with your Google Account, which we treat as personal information.<\/p>\n
Why Google collects data<\/b><\/p>\n
Google says that it collects information to provide better services to all its users. This will include figuring out basic stuff like which language you speak, to more complex things like which ads people find useful or who are the people that matter most to you online. \u201cThe information Google collects, and how that information is used, depends on how you use our services and how you manage your privacy controls,\u201d says Google in its privacy policy. <\/p>\n
What sort of user data is used?<\/b><\/p>\n
It\u2019s a lot of data \u2014 not all but a lot \u2014 that Google uses. The information Google collects includes browser type and settings, device type and settings, operating system, mobile network information including carrier name and phone number, and application version number. \u201cWe also collect information about the interaction of your apps, browsers, and devices with our services, including IP adddress, crash reports, system activity, and the date, time, and referrer URL of your request,\u201d reads Google\u2019s privacy policy.<\/div>\n