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Google Engineer Urges Data Privacy in AI Usage

12/13/2025

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Harsh Varshney, a Google engineer, says data privacy matters when using AI tools in daily work.
He advises treating AI interactions like public postcards and avoiding sharing sensitive information.
Varshney notes a distinction between public AI tools and enterprise-grade options, with the latter safer for confidential projects.
He recommends deleting chat histories, using AI tools with clear privacy policies, reviewing privacy settings, and using OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude.

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Harsh Varshney, a Google engineer, says data privacy matters when using AI tools in daily work.
He advises treating AI interactions like public postcards and avoiding sharing sensitive information.
Varshney notes a distinction between public AI tools and enterprise-grade options, with the latter safer for confidential projects.
He recommends deleting chat histories, using AI tools with clear privacy policies, reviewing privacy settings, and using OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude.