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Google is training AI on even more of your data now, unless you opt out - here's how

Google just made your search history fair game for AI training — unless you know where to click.

Reporting by ZDNet AI 1 min brief
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Why it matters

Google is expanding its data usage policy to train LLMs on images, videos, and voice searches with opt-out rather than opt-in consent. This reflects the AI industry's evolving stance on data governance and raises privacy/regulatory questions for enterprise leaders using Google services.

The key facts

8 to know

  1. Google expanding LLM training data to include images, videos, voice searches

  2. Opt-out model rather than opt-in consent structure

  3. Affects user privacy and enterprise data governance

  4. Published July 2026 — timing suggests recent policy change

  5. Google expanding training data sources to include images, videos, and voice searches

  6. Feature is opt-out rather than opt-in (privacy-by-default concern)

  7. Affects all users unless they actively disable the feature

  8. Published July 2026 - represents shift in Google's data usage policy

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Publisher excerpt: Images, videos and voice searches can be used to train Google's LLMs. You can disable this feature to retain your privacy.
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