Google has denied a viral post on X (formerly Twitter) that claimed Gmail users were automatically opted in to allow Google access to their messages and attachments for AI training.

Company spokesperson Jenny Thomson told The Verge that the allegation is false, stating that Google made no such changes. According to the viral post, the only way to opt out of the supposed new policy was to manually disable smart features such as spell checking.

The post has now amassed 7.6 million views and more than a thousand replies.

Thomson said the reports were 'misleading' and stressed that Google had not altered anyone's Gmail settings.

'We have not changed anyone's settings. Gmail Smart Features have existed for many years, and we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model,' she told The........

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