Google brings AI to Android messages, raising privacy questions
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Google is bringing AI capabilities like ChatGPT to Android Messages with a new assistant called Bard. It will analyze message history and content.
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This raises privacy concerns, as private messages were previously protected by end-to-end encryption. Google says analysis will happen on-device.
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But there are questions around whether analysis will stay on device, with the reality that more advanced AI often requires the cloud.
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Apple faces a similar choice for privacy and limitations of on-device AI as it develops its own iMessage assistant.
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Users should carefully weigh privacy risks versus benefits before enabling message analysis by these AI assistants.