Tech giant Google is accused of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users of its Gmail, instant messaging, and videoconference programs.

In a lawsuit, it was alleged that in the past, users of Gmail, Chat, and Meet were given the option to turn on Google’s artificial intelligence program.

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According to the complaint filed in federal court in San Jose, California, in October, the Alphabet Inc. unit secretly turned on Gemini for all those applications, enabling it to collect private data without the users’ knowledge or consent.

It said that while the company allows users to turn off Gemini, they need to dig into Google’s privacy settings to deactivate the AI tool, according to the proposed class-action suit.

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