15 February 2025

Want to disable AI features in Google Workspace? Well you can't!

 

If you are a regular reader of this Blog - you will have noticed that I'm not an Artificial Intelligence fanboy. We are all constantly being told it's the best thing since sliced bread: rammed down our throats by the big-tech companies & government alike. Meanwhile I do not like the tech, and have serious concerns about where it is taking us...

For some while, every time I started to type an email in Google Workspace - I'd get a prompt offering to help me to type the email, or to polish the text. This really bugged me - so I looked for a way to turn it off in the Gmail interface = nothing. Under the Google Admin console: there were settings - but none of them worked. I checked on the Workspace forums - lots of folks having the same issues. In the end I opened a call with Google Workspace Support. Long story short - they had to enable an interface - that then allowed me to disable Gemini AI. By default - as "Super Admin" - I'm not allowed to access these controls. The literally don't want us switching this stuff off! Shocking & outrageous!

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