Tech Desk
Aug 20, 2024
Following the announcement that Gemini will be rolled out for the Pixel 9 series and all earlier ones in future, Google's president Android Ecosystem Sameer Samat reflected on privacy concerns associated with users' privacy with the latest Gemini AI features.
“Android is always focused on privacy and security. It's always been important for our consumers, and so we've prioritised it, of course, for you to have a truly go-to personal assistant that you talk to about anything in your life. Your information needs to be private and secure," revealed Samat in an interview with Business Today.
He outlined the reasons that make it indispensable to ensure that every individual's private data remains out of intruders' reach.
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The Google topshot said Google's hefty investments in the AI space for the past many years grant it an upper hand over competitors, bestowing it with a full stack technology and everything that comes between the optimisation of on-device AI and cloud-based.
Having the latest Gemini AI features handle users' personal queries without letting unknown and shady third parties sneak into the data is paramount, Samat added.
The generative technology must be open-source and be made easily accessible to users, he said while responding to the common query whether AI should be open-source or not. AI's amenities should also involve how it can assist in one's routine chores.
