Instinct adds external data deletion option after privacy backlash
petergyang · x · 2026-08-22
AI product Instinct has added a data privacy control feature, allowing users to manually delete connected external data, such as Gmail records. This follows user criticism that the product indexed and retained emails without permission and lacked a deletion option. The team shipped the fix quickly in response to the feedback.
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