I am in a similar boat, from what I can tell you can disable the Gemini app here[1] but if you want to disable it in Gmail and Drive you need to have an enterprise plan then you can disable it here [2]
[1] https://admin.google.com/ac/managedsettings/47208553126 [2] https://admin.google.com/ac/managedsettings/793154499678
Wow, thank you. This was buried deep (not an accident of course).
"Pay us more money, or be forced into using our feature" is a new sales tactic.
> our corporate information cannot be submitted externally.
Isn't your corporate information already submitted externally if you're using Google Workspace?
Does goog not offer support for their corporate customers, who could answer such questions?
Yes, you can talk to a person. That person may not have any relevant information though, and is generally not empowered to find any information.
We've asked, but we just get the AI Firewall. "Did this answer your question?"
Edit, see above, the answer is to pay them more money apparently.
This is a really shitty move by Google. Not happy at all. I don't want to use Gemini or any other AI crap they throw at us. Specially that we had a contract and they are increasing the price during the contract without us having any say. Google has really lost the "Don't do evil" mantra.
The problem is that once you are heavily tied into the Workspace ecosystem (Email, Google Drive, Google Meet etc), it is tough to change and move. Possible Yes. But the idea of moving decades of email and data is just horrifying.
> Despite what Google's literature says about being safe and private, they have a history of retroactively opting people into features and our corporate information cannot be submitted externally.
Wait, what? Anything you do in any Google app is "externally". That's what the cloud is.
You're willing to put data in Google's hands, and have Google process data in way X, but you don't want Google to process those data in way Y, which has pretty much identical security and privacy properties?
Anyhow, the solution here is not to use Google services. You shouldn't be doing that anyhow.
Don't use Google for corporate email.
How do you create a Chrome account without Gmail accounts?
Why is it an issue?
I don't get why it's so common to expect customers to explain themselves when they don't like something. "The customer is always right".
Privacy, of course. Corporate data is not the same as the e-mails you send to your friends.
Best way is to take your money elsewhere.
Get upset about whatever you want, but my concern about this feature being "forcibly enabled" is about the same as my concern about spellcheck.