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Google says schools can switch off Gemini and keep search, but search with AI in it stays part of the AI package
If your child's school uses Google accounts, the school now has to choose whether to turn Google's AI on, and search counts as AI.
Claude Personal Finance and ChatGPT Finances both read your bank accounts, but they differ on whether your chats train the AI
Engadget· 7 NovEngadget says both tools need you to link a bank account through Plaid with read-only access, so they can view but not change anything. Anthropic says chats in the Personal Finance hub are not used to train its models by default. OpenAI says finance chats follow whatever training setting you chose in ChatGPT, which is on by default. Neither is meant to give expert financial advice.
- If you use ChatGPT Finances, open Data controls in settings and turn off Improve the model for everyone before you link an account.
- Whichever tool you pick, unlink your bank when you stop using it, and do not share account details in chat that you would not tell a stranger.
Source: Engadget. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. Image: Anthropic, from its own announcement. How we source and credit
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