--- title: "Google Warns Employees About Using AI, While Promoting Its Own AI" description: "Google's parent company Alphabet is warning employees about how they use AI chatbots — including its own tool called Bard, Reuters reports." date: "2023-06-16" modified: "2023-06-16" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/google-warns-employees-ai" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "Google" tags: - "bard" - "chatbots" - "chatgpt" - "Google" - "the digest" --- # Google Warns Employees About Using AI, While Promoting Its Own AI ![Google's parent company Alphabet is warning employees about how they use AI chatbots — including its own tool called Bard, Reuters reports.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Double Standard Google's parent company Alphabet is warning employees about how they should use AI — including its own homegrown chatbot Bard, [*Reuters* reports](). That's despite the company [making considerable investments]() in the tech. According to the report, Alphabet is particularly concerned about employees feeding confidential data into the chatbots — a reasonable concern, although it's striking to warn employees about tech that it's heavily marketing to customers. ## Stop the Leaks Companies worldwide are now looking for ways to protect themselves from employees giving away secrets to chatbots. Earlier this year, Amazon [warned employees]() not to leak sensitive information to OpenAI's ChatGPT. In April, Samsung employees [got into trouble]() for reportedly leaking sensitive company information to the chatbot as well. Even Apple [restricted the use of ChatGPT]() and other AI-based tools over fears of workers leaking confidential data. But the cat is already out of the bag. Despite these warnings, a [survey]() found that almost half of professionals were using AI tools like ChatGPT as of February. Google is already — conveniently — offering expensive chatbot tools to enterprises that it claims won't leak data to any public-facing AI models, as *Reuters* reports. But the company clearly still has a lot of convincing to do. It's already facing major headwinds in the global rollout of its Bard chatbot, and was forced to postpone its launch in the European Union this week, [according to *Politico*](), after regulators raised privacy concerns. As AI rattles the world, it's worth remembering: watch what they do, not what they say. **More on Bard:** *[Google Staff Warned Its AI Was a "Pathological Liar" Before They Released It Anyway]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()