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One AI story a week, read the way a data auditor reads it. The video, the evidence, and the one test to run.
Don't Turn Off Gmail's AI Until You Watch This
A viral post gives five steps to take Google's AI out of Gmail. Two work, one works for the wrong reason, and one leaves your reviewed chats behind.
What the file found
- Failed
Delete all time does not delete chats human reviewers already saw. Google keeps them for up to three years.
- Failed
The post says the hidden switch only works when both are off. Each Workspace switch works on its own.
- Failed
Proton's end-to-end encryption doesn't cover a bank statement sent as normal email, or its subject line.
- Held
Smart features really were on by default in India, and the main switch in Gmail settings does turn them off.
The test to run this week
Tonight: the Workspace switch, Keep Activity off then delete, LinkedIn, X, Gemini app connections, third-party apps.
Earlier briefs
All case files- 007 Why AI Fails Without Anyone Noticing (and How to Catch It)AI observability is vouching for AI: every answer traced back to what it was based on. Audit Playbook
- 006 AI Can Now Clone Photoshop. Here's What Gets You Banned.AI made taking software apart cheap, so the protection moved from code to fine print. Failure Teardown
- 005 A Trusted Security Company's Secret Key Was the Number 4When the evidence and the explanation don't match, re-perform the evidence instead of auditing the story. Failure Teardown
- 004 Grok Bot Wants a Photo of Your Credit Card. Who Pays If It Goes Wrong?A tweet is not a control, and on paper, today, the person who carries the risk is you. Failure Teardown
- 003 I Opened an AI Skill File. Check These 4 Things Before You Install OneThe test isn't whether a skill touches the internet. It's whether what it touches matches what it says it does. Build Lab
- 002 How to Audit a GenAI ImplementationWhatever the model says, the company said it. Audit Playbook
- 001 Claude Code Effort Levels: 0/5 to 5/5 With One Setting (and When It Backfires)More effort fixes missing edge cases. It does not fix a wrong approach. Build Lab
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