Google Can Train Search AI With Web Content Even After Opt-Out
Google can train its search-specific AI products, like AI Overviews, on content across the web even when the publishers have chosen to opt out of training Google's AI products, a vice-president of product at the company testified in court on Friday.
That's because Google's controls for publishers to opt out of AI training only cover work by Google DeepMind, the company's AI lab, and not any other organization at the company, said Eli Collins, a Google DeepMind vice-president.
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