Effective July 1, Google adjusted its privacy policy to allow the use of publicly available information to help train its AI models and build products and features like Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI capabilities. Previously, the policy only mentioned using such data to train Google "language models" and gave a single mention of Google Translate. The update does not change the user experience or directly impact Google products as of right now, but signals the company is leaning more heavily into its AI bid. Google has hinted at several AI entries, including AI shopping experiences, Google Lens features, and a text-to-music generator. Its AI chatbot, Bard, has quickly caught up with other chatbots, and Google announced an upcoming AI-based search known as the Search Generative Experience (SGE). Last month, Google's parent company, Alphabet, warned its own employees about the security risks of using chatbots, and Google released its own Secure AI Framework. Broadly, concerns about privacy, intellectual property, and the impact of these models on human labor and creativity have plagued new AI products. A class action lawsuit was brought against OpenAI last month, claiming the company stole “essentially every piece of data exchanged on the internet it could take” without notice, consent, or compensation. Some online compared the Google update to ClearView AI, which built a facial recognition app by reportedly sourcing billions of facial images from social media sites. In 2022, ClearView AI settled a lawsuit with the ACLU, banning its ability to sell or