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Google to Stop Using Assistant Recordings Without Consent After Privacy Scandal
Google announced it will no longer use Assistant voice recordings to improve its AI without explicit user permission, following a scandal where contractors reviewed private conversations. The company paused human review of recordings in July 2019 and will now require users to opt in, with automatic deletion of old recordings. The move aims to restore trust after the privacy violation.
- Date it happened
- 2019-07-01
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- Google Assistant
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