Google has denied that it’s been quietly rifling through users’ personal Gmail accounts to train its AI models on their emails and attachments. Cybersecurity company Malwarebytes caused an uproar last week when it warned in a blog post that the tech giant was rolling out features that gave its AI models access to private messages and files. However, Malwarebytes later added a giant correction to the story, writing that the “way Google recently rewrote and surfaced [the features] led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. “Lastly, we are always transparent and clear if we make changes to our terms of service and policies.”The controversy highlights ongoing backlash to tech companies shoving their AI features down the throats of users at all costs. More on AI training: SoundCloud Quietly Updated Their Terms to Let AI Feast on Artists’ Music