Gemini connects to Gmail and Drive, sending some content to human reviewers
11/10/2026 — 11/10, 13:19·2 sources (all)·2 reports (all)
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- A developer test showed that when Google Gemini connects to Gmail and Google Drive, it automatically retrieves emails and files to gather in…
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On 2026-11-10 at 02:24, a post appeared on Hacker News claiming that Google Gemini gives users' personal Drive files and email content to human annotators for processing. The post reached 127 points and drew 23 comments on Hacker News. The original write-up was published on GitHub, at the repository thisisme6598/gemini_files, and the Hacker News thread it surfaced in is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?
id=50429426 . The claim itself has not been independently verified, and Google has not responded to these reports so far.
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Latest turnTests by a developer show that once Google Gemini is linked to Gmail and Drive, it can automatically pull in emails and files, and some of that content may be sent to Google's outsourced reviewers — sometimes entire emails or the files themselves. By default, Google also uses Gemini-generated data to train its models.
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Tests by a developer show that once Google Gemini is linked to Gmail and Drive, it can automatically pull in emails and files, and some of that content may be sent to Google's outsourced reviewers — sometimes entire emails or the files themselves. By default, Google also uses Gemini-generated data to train its models.
蓝点网AI score 60An article that reached 127 points on Hacker News alleges that Google Gemini routes users' personal Drive files and emails to human annotators. The post is hosted on GitHub and has drawn 23 comments so far.
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