Personal Intelligence
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Digital Marketing
Google now lets connected Gmail and Photos data shape ads
Google's privacy policy, effective October 16, 2026, makes its 2021 promise not to personalize ads from Gmail, Drive and Photos content conditional: users who connect those apps to Search via Personal Intelligence can now see ads informed by inferences from them.
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Google Updates
Google Tests Ads in AI Mode for Personal Intelligence Users
Google has started testing ads in AI Mode for users who connect their apps through Personal Intelligence, reversing the ad-free approach it described in March. Its updated help page says app-derived summaries and inferences may inform ads, but not your Gmail inbox or Photos library directly.
