"When you use AI instead of a traditional search engine, you might think you've leveled up your privacy. Think again. Unless you're using AI locally, when you use ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Sanctrum, Aria, or any other service, your chats are saved and can be used in a similar fashion to standard searching. Even worse, your chats can be used to train LLMs. Also: Google reveals how much energy a Gemini query uses - in industry first Both cases are an invasion of your privacy, essentially causing everyone who uses these tools to forgo privacy in favor of convenience. Sadly, that's all too common in this digital world."
"Fortunately, there are ways around this, and Google has gifted its users a very simple tool for that task. This new feature, called Temporary Chats, is similar to what Incognito Mode is in your web browser. Anything you say in a Temporary Chat is not used to influence another chat. How a Temporary Chat works A Temporary Chat does not appear in your history (or even the Gemini app history) and isn't used for personalization or LLM training."
Google added Temporary Chats to Gemini on Android and the web to give users a privacy-focused option for AI interactions. Temporary Chats do not appear in history, are not used for personalization, and are excluded from LLM training. Chats within Temporary Chats are retained for 72 hours before deletion, providing a short retention window. Gemini's web usage is growing but remains smaller than ChatGPT, with Gemini holding about 13.5% market share. Most cloud AI services save chats and may use them for model training, creating privacy trade-offs that Temporary Chats aim to mitigate.
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