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Google Quietly Installed A.I. to My Workspace. Getting Rid of It Was Creepy. | Opting out should not be a premium feature. It’s a basic right.

Opting out should not be a premium feature. It’s a basic right.

Last Tuesday, I returned from a blissfully computerless vacation abroad and logged back into work, only to find an uninvited visitor in my inbox: Gemini, Google’s A.I. But I happen to be Slate’s annoyed IT guy—so I logged into my admin panel, located the brand-new “Generative AI” tab, and navigated to the object of my concern: “Gemini for Google Workspace” … only to find there were no settings to manage whatsoever, nor any option to turn it off. search, or how the Transportation Security Administration rolled out default biometric screening at airports, these are forms of a manipulative design strategy to all but force you to engage with and train A.I.

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