Google Bard AI now wants access to your personal information -- just
say NO!
The article noted below describes new features brought to Google Bard
that involve giving permission for Bard AI to access your personal
information (e.g. Gmail, etc.) and explains how the "G" button uses
Search to compare Bard answers with other results on the Web.
While this personal information feature is theoretically opt-in, the
user interface leading to Bard options is multilayered and confusing,
and the personal info option is mixed in with other options that are
actually opt-out. While buried down in the Bard privacy policy it
claims that your personal information from the opt-in won't be shown
to other humans (unlike many other inputs to Bard) and won't be used
for overall Bard training, I strongly recommend leaving the personal
information option OFF.
The answers coming from Bard continue to frequently range between
useless and dangerous. They can also frequently vary enormously from
run to run for the same query (e.g. "Is Trump a criminal?), though
this behavior can be difficult to reproduce over short periods of
time. (The "view other drafts" feature gives some clues to this.)
The "G" button for comparing answers against Search will be ignored by
the vast majority of users. Most users will simply accept the response
given and never check further, no matter how inaccurate that response
actually is.
Some answers are showing links to sources, which is good, but they are
now footnotes rather than inline in answers, so even less likely to be
clicked. So sites are still being sucked dry of data for Google's AI,
with little or nothing being given in return by Google.
Again, I strongly urge NOT giving Bard permission to access your
personal Google data, and please use great care when navigating the
"Bard Extensions" where this and other options reside in the confusing
user interface.
Here's that article link that I mentioned:
https://www.engadget.com/googles-bard-ai-can-tap-the-companys-apps--and-your-personal-data--for-better-responses-100020506.html?src=rss
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--Lauren--
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