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Google has carved out an exception to its long-standing promise not to use Gmail, Drive, and Google Photos content for advertising, quietly revising its <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US&client_theme=dark" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>privacy policy</a> so that data from those apps can help personalize ads when users connect it to the company’s AI features. The change, which took effect Oct. 16 and was first spotted by <a href="https://www.androidauthority.com/google-personal-intelligence-privacy-3727111/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow external" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>Android Authority</a>, adds a conditional clause to a pledge Google has made for years. The updated policy now reads that Google doesn’t show personalized ads based on content from Drive, Gmail, or Google Photos “unless you choose to make data from these services available to other Google services that support personalized ads.” The catch hinges on Personal Intelligence, Google’s push to make its AI tools more useful by letting features like AI Mode in Search and Gemini draw on a user’s own data. Connecting Gmail, Drive or Photos to those tools delivers more tailored answers, such as surfacing a hotel reservation buried in an inbox. But under the revised wording, that same connected data can now also inform which ads a person sees. Google stressed the limits. Content from the three services still isn’t used for ad targeting by default, advertisers don’t get access to the contents of anyone’s Gmail, Drive or Photos, and the company says it won’t share personally identifying details without permission. In practice, that means Google isn’t scanning private emails and photos wholesale to sell ads, but users who opt into its AI conveniences may be trading some ad privacy for them. Users can opt out by disconnecting the apps under Connected Content apps in their Google Account’s Data & privacy settings, or by turning off personalized recommendations, though Android Authority noted that previously collected data may linger in a user’s Search history even after disconnecting. The quiet rollout echoes recent Google privacy posturing around its AI ambitions. As <i>Decrypt</i> reported in May, Google’s Chrome browser began <a href="https://decrypt.co/367060/chrome-quietly-installing-4gb-ai-model-computer" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>silently installing</a> a multi-gigabyte on-device AI model on users’ computers, and separately removed a privacy claim tied to its <a href="https://decrypt.co/367193/chrome-removes-privacy-claim-gemini-nano-google" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="sc-adb616fe-0 dJryYS">>Gemini Nano model</a>, both moves that drew scrutiny over how the company handles user data as it races to embed AI across its products. <span class="md:block">Start every day with the top news stories right now, plus original features, a podcast, videos and more. </span>
CryptoQuant：BTC昨日收于80,500美元，创30天新低
According to Cointelegraph, CryptoQuant's Axel Adler said that Bitcoin (BTC) closed yesterday at $80,500, hitting a 30-day low after previously rebounding to its 365-day moving average. He noted that tight ranges like this usually end with violent volatility.
Solana co-founder proposes concept of validator stake-weighted oracle
CoinWorld news: Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has proposed the concept of a validator stake-weighted oracle, under which validators would price collateral and mint new SOL based on the proportion of SOL staked. The idea is currently at the social media discussion stage, with no formal governance proposal or implementation timeline yet.
Israel's prime minister considers using cryptocurrency to evade sanctions.
According to CoinWorld news, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said in a television interview on October 23 that he is considering using cryptocurrency to circumvent economic sanctions imposed on Israel by other countries. In response, Netanyahu's rival, Integrity Party leader Gadi Eisenkot, criticized him the next day, saying that Netanyahu's approach would lead Israel into international isolation and economic sanctions, destroying the national economy and markets. Eisenkot also said on social media that Netanyahu's virtual currency vision poses a threat to national security.
Iran is reportedly striking Kurdish opposition groups inside Iraq.
According to a Tehran-based media outlet on Sunday, Iran's armed forces used drones to attack bases belonging to an Iranian Kurdish opposition group in Iraq's Kurdistan region. Iran's Mehr News Agency reported: "As part of a drone operation by the ground forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the headquarters of 'Komala' — a terrorist and separatist organization — located in the Balisan area, was struck last night."
Iran: Even if the US launches a new round of strikes, it cannot change Tehran's position.
CoinWorld news, Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi said on Sunday that even if a new round of conflict with Israel and the United States breaks out, Iran's position will not change. This comes after tensions between Tehran and Washington have continued to escalate. U.S. President Trump said on Friday that Washington "might do another small-scale 'Epic Fury' military operation." Araghchi said: "Recently some have talked about the possibility of a new war, but I am already thinking about the post-war situation. Whether or not war occurs, our policy will not change." "They have tried twice before and have seen the results. If they want to try again, they should be clear that the final outcome will be no different from the past."
SPY off-exchange short sale volume ratio reported at 57.08%
Coin World US stock data: SPY's off-exchange short selling volume accounted for 57.08% of the total that day. Compared with the same-caliber snapshot 24 hours earlier, it remained flat; compared with the same-caliber snapshot 7 days earlier, it rose by 0.3323 percentage points.
The Bank of Israel opposes Netanyahu's cryptocurrency plan.
Bank of Israel news: Israel's central bank has publicly rejected a proposal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to use cryptocurrency to circumvent potential international financial sanctions, exposing a rift between the country's central bank and its political leadership. According to a statement from the Bank of Israel on October 24, cryptocurrency cannot be used to evade sanctions. The central bank urged the government to maintain economic relations with Israel's major trading partners, while Netanyahu responded that he would consider the recommendation but would make his own decision. The matter has sparked widespread attention in Israeli domestic politics, especially ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections on October 27.
US Secretary of Defense: Bitcoin is a tool for projecting power.
According to a report by Bijie, the U.S. Secretary of Defense stated in Congress that Bitcoin is a tool for projecting power, and the Pentagon is conducting related classified work. When asked in April whether Bitcoin is a tool for projecting power and whether the Pentagon has related plans, Pete Hegseth answered "Yes, it absolutely is," and added that much of the work involves "classified work." A week earlier, the head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command told the same committee that his command currently has "a node" on the Bitcoin network.
AI breakthrough: predicting cancer patient survival from facial photos
Massachusetts General Hospital Brigham and Women's Medical Center recently issued a bulletin stating that its researchers trained an artificial intelligence foundation model using more than 40 million facial images and, on that basis, developed AI tools for estimating a person's biological age and predicting the survival of cancer patients. The related research paper was recently published in the British medical journal The Lancet Digital Health. The model is named fahr-face, short for "Foundation AI Model for Health Recognition." On this basis, the research team developed two tools: one for estimating a patient's biological age, and the other for directly predicting the survival prognosis of cancer patients based on facial photographs.