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- Gemini can use saved chat history from personal Google AI subscriptions to train generative AI models when “Keep Activity” is on, with no separate training opt-out for subscribers.
- Google states that a subset of Gemini chats is reviewed by human reviewers and that reviewed chats are disconnected from the user’s account.
- Google says human-reviewed chats are not deleted when users delete their Gemini activity; those chats are retained for up to three years.
- Keep Activity must be turned off to disable training on Gemini chat sessions, and doing so means losing any chat sessions after 72 hours; temporary chat sessions are the other route.
- Google warns users not to enter confidential information they would not want a reviewer to see or Google to use to improve its services, including machine-learning technologies.
Why it matters: For Google AI subscribers, the practical tradeoff is explicit: Google uses “Keep Activity” data to improve its services, including model training, while a subset of chats is reviewed by human reviewers. Disabling the setting off costs chat history after 72 hours; separately, reviewed chats are retained for up to three years even after users delete activity.
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