Google Still Trains AI on Your Chats Even on Paid Gemini Plans; Opting Out Disables Chat History
Maleficent-Pizza6767 · reddit · 2026-10-17
A Reddit thread highlights that Google still uses user conversations for AI training even on paid Gemini plans, and turning this off also disables chat history entirely—forcing a choice between privacy and usability. This contrasts with competitors' "paid means no training" policies and has drawn user criticism over the privacy terms.
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