AI reading your emails?

What is Happening Here?

Google’s AI is drafting emails automatically according to an Inc. article HERE

This experiment aims to enhance email communication efficiency by predicting and writing replies.

What is the Risk to Whom?

Privacy is the primary concern.

According to Forbes:

Your Workspace Labs Data may also be read, rated, annotated, and reviewed by human reviewers.

arsTECHNICA reports that content from Gmail, Docs, and Drive will not be viewed by human reviewers HERE.

Why is This Important?

A breach of personal or corporate privacy has serious consequences.

AI’s ability to access and use personal data raises ethical questions.

Google is looking to improve its position on AI privacy as explained HERE.

What Can ‘Normal’ People Do?

Be cautious with AI-generated emails.

Consider one of the secure email providers listed HERE.

Alternatively, use an end-to-end encrypted email product such as SecureEMAIL.

Avoid sharing sensitive information through AI-assisted tools.

Regularly review and adjust privacy settings in Microsoft, Google and Apple accounts.

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One more thing, at Pfortner, we take communications privacy very seriously. We encrypt email, messaging and network communications to provide our clientele with uncompromised privacy.

If you need to protect sensitive communications, please see www.pfortner.co.za or send an email to info@pfortner.co.za, and we will get back to you.