India, Nov. 22 -- Google shared a tweet dismissing claims made by viral social media posts and some reports that the company had taken data from Gmail users to train its AI model, Gemini.

"IMPORTANT message for everyone using Gmail. You have been automatically OPTED IN to allow Gmail to access all your private messages & attachments to train AI models. You have to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations. Retweet so every is aware," a YouTube influencer wrote and shared a series of screenshots.

Additionally, a report by Malwarebytes claimed that Google is using private messages and attachments of Gmail users to train its AI models. It further alleged that the settings for this option are switched on by defau...