Waymo: ‘no plans’ to use in-car camera data for targeted ads

Waymo has “no plans” to use footage from cameras inside its robotaxis to train AI models for targeted ads, spokesperson Julia Ilina said in an email to The Verge.

Ilina was responding to an unreleased page from Waymo’s privacy policy that appears to offer customers the ability to opt-out from having their “personal information,” including “interior camera data associated with rider’s identity,” to train generative AI models for a variety of purposes, including advertisements….