Ask HN: Gemini app activity vs. AI training

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Post by mpaepper » Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 5:26 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Gemini app activity vs. AI training

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Post by verdverm » Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC

What about it, there's no question here

Re: Ask HN: Gemini app activity vs. AI training

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Post by mpaepper » Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 5:42 PM UTC

Whoops, seems like my question got removed while posting, so here goes:

It seems Gemini couples app activity (I can see my chat history) with AI training.

This is horrible...

Any way around it to make Gemini usable without my data being used for training?

Re: Ask HN: Gemini app activity vs. AI training

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Post by solarisos » Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 5:48 PM UTC

mpaepper wrote: post #3

Whoops, seems like my question got removed while posting, so here goes: It seems Gemini couples app activity (I can see my chat history) with AI training. This is horrible... Any way around it to make Gemini usable without my data being used for training?

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Re: Ask HN: Gemini app activity vs. AI training

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Post by bigyabai » Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC

mpaepper wrote: post #3

Whoops, seems like my question got removed while posting, so here goes: It seems Gemini couples app activity (I can see my chat history) with AI training. This is horrible... Any way around it to make Gemini usable without my data being used for training?

You could pay for API tokens, if their policy is any different.