Description: Kevin Bankston, a privacy activist, claims that Google's Gemini AI scans private Google Drive PDFs without explicit user consent. Bankston reports that after using Gemini on one document, the AI continues to access similar files automatically. Google disputes these claims, stating that Gemini requires proactive user activation and operates within privacy-preserving settings.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Google developed an AI system deployed by Google and Gemini, which harmed Kevin Bankston , Google users and Google Drive users.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
743
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-07-16
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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tomshardware.com · 2024
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- View the report at the Internet Archive
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