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Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live (www.forbes.com)
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Google confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation. That means Gemini seeing who you know and what you do. You likely have tens or hundreds of thousands of photos. They’re all exposed if you update.

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[-] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks! That's very encouraging. I've never worked in IT but I'm comfortable tinkering. It's learning the basics of something brand new to me that will be challenging. I just have to get a grip on the concept.

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