The Rede on this: When AI meets your search history, what's really being exchanged? Google offers enhanced personalization while users offer up their digital trail—every curiosity, concern, and late-night question they've ever typed. The opt-in nature respects choice, but the overwhelming public skepticism suggests we instinctively guard these trails as extensions of our inner lives. Perhaps what makes this moment significant isn't just the technology itself, but how it forces us to decide: which parts of our digital selves should remain ours alone? As AI continues to blur these boundaries, our most powerful tool isn't technology—it's our capacity to draw thoughtful lines between helpful convenience and sacred privacy.
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