Yes I know using a search or companion AI let alone generative AI is stupid, and what’s a war without a few spies.

I just discovered that, even though explicitly disabling all options for extras like access to location, history, apps etc., it was able to query which apps were installed on my device. I guess “By the way, allow app access to unlock full functionality” will no longer show. If anyone’s still on the fence about using any AI or LLM that isn’t local or adept at code generation, and cares about their metrics not being forcibly extracted for the purpose of advertisement and monitoring behaviour, I recommend against it.