Gemini trains on chat history even for paying subscribers, no opt-out
jameslk · hn · 2026-11-04
An HN user details how Google's Gemini uses subscribers' saved chat history for AI training by default, with no opt-out short of disabling activity retention (losing chats after 72 hours). Human reviewers may read transcripts, and reviewed chats are retained up to 3 years even after deletion.
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