Is Google Gemini trained on Google docs? One indie developer thinks so, after it told players about his unreleased game plans

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Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:36:52 +0000

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One indie game dev is convinced Gemini just leaked information from his private Google Docs.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter A game developer claims Gemini leaked information in his private Google Docs Per screenshots shared online, the AI told players info the dev claims was never made public TechRadar has tried recreating the results, without success Is Google Gemini secretly scraping our Google Docs to train its AI? Thats something one game developer is wondering after a player was able to learn unreleased information about their game from the AI including specific details the dev claims were never shared outside of a private Google Doc.

According to the developers Reddit post , specifically Googles AI knew the name of a character Vantage Tripod before it had ever been released publicly the most the fanbase knew was that theres a Tripod Fish character planned for the game, but not this exact name. It also seemed to be able to regurgitate accurate information related to unreleased mechanics that the developer says they had only written into GDocs the day before the players AI interaction. The developer admitted Googles AI made a few mistakes, but said that some details were scarily accurate in many ways accurate enough that the
developer is certain Google must have scrapped his private documents. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here:

Google says Gemini can access Google Docs information, but only does so when given express permission such as being asked to summarise a document and it adds that even when it does go into your files, Gemini handles data transiently. That is, Googles AI wont retain anything. (Image credit: Google) There are a couple of exceptions to this. If a Google Doc is accessible to Anyone with the link and that link is posted publicly online (such as on a page or in a forum) Google could scrape it for training data. Alternatively, if youve allowed a third-party extension to scrape your Google Docs, its possible Gemini could get access to that data indirectly seeing whats in
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If you were to type out info from your docs into Google Gemini, it would also learn about what you had written that way.

Despite Googles promises, some arent entirely convinced. The thread I shared above (along with plenty of anti-AI and anti-Google subreddits) is full of people certain that Google has drained their digital files for all the data
it can find. Privacy company Proton has also published an article outlining details such as Googles privacy hub not explicitly saying it wont use your content for AI training. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from
us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. So many unknowns Ive reached out to Google with a request
for comment about what has happened here (it has yet to get back to me), and while waiting for an answer I had an attempt at recreating the responses by prompting Gemini myself with no luck. Its only reference to these details was the Reddit post information.

Later screenshots shared by the developer show the friend who got the AI to divulge the details originally also failed to recreate the fluke. What does
it know? (Image credit: Google) The whole situation is very weird and its impossible to tell exactly what has happened, based on the information available. While it certainly looks like Gemini has used information it shouldnt have, it's equally possible that the developer has provided the AI
or the friend with access to that information without realising allowing Gemini to respond the way it did.

The AI could also have hallucinated the information in some way, or perhaps taken inspiration from previous prompts to inform its comments. Further, its worth noting that the only responses that would stand out are these two that get very close to the truth, the sea of incorrect guesses that the AI could have given wouldnt bat an eyelid.

Regardless of what happened its another situation that reminds us to be careful with our personal info. Digitally storing personal data has its risks beyond possible AI scraping, and sharing data with an AI often means your private info wont be private anymore. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.



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