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Google has been accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users across Gmail, instant messaging, and videoconferencing platforms, according to an exclusive report by Bloomberg.

According to the complaint filed late Tuesday in a federal court in San Jose, California, the Alphabet Inc. unit “secretly” activated Gemini across Gmail, Chat, and Meet in October, allowing the AI program to collect private data “without users’ knowledge or consent.”

Previously, users had the option to manually enable the artificial intelligence features on these applications.

While Google allows users to turn off Gemini, the lawsuit claims the process requires navigating through multiple pr

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