What does the new message you may receive from Gmail mean? It affects your privacy.

Google, the world's most used search engine, is beginning to implement personalization tools powered by artificial intelligence. Its wide variety of applications is becoming an ecosystem designed to improve the user interface experience.

With the rise of artificial intelligence services, large companies are increasingly interested in training their models with real data from their consumers. Beyond personalization and targeted ads, they want to assist users with AI.

For the past few weeks, when opening Gmail, a message appears asking the user if they agree to Google Workspace using their activity content to personalize their experience.

"You agree that Google Workspace may use your content and activity on Google Workspace to personalize your experience on this service," it reads, according to the Spanish outlet El Economista .

The message shows all the advantages the user would enjoy; the fact that Gemini has access to these elements so that artificial intelligence can assist in various ways . Summarizing messages, finding information from emails, and personalizing searches based on email history are some of the benefits listed.

Although it sounds futuristic and seems like a good way to advance our daily lives through technology, it could have a negative impact on our privacy. Several experts have stated that training artificial intelligence with real data means opening our accounts wide open so that internet providers can learn what we do, how we behave, and what we like.

According to the specialized media outlet TechDogs, the use of artificial intelligence in emails can be dangerous because these intelligences can detect email encryption patterns.

To put it simply: a hacker can use artificial intelligence to exploit vulnerabilities in email data processing and break the encryption protections associated with email services.

A study conducted by the specialized publication Cybersecurity Journal showed that artificial intelligence reduces decryption times for encryption services by up to 90%, using automated cryptographic analysis.

If this security service is compromised by the artificial intelligence that Google email can use, our data privacy could be at risk.

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