I wonder at what point (if not already) Google will start scanning personal photos for generative AI training. It must be a tempting asset base for them.

Personally, I've begun moving my photos off of Google in anticipation that this is the next step (or if it's already happening, to prevent more of it).

I'm a very private person. The only place online that I keep my personal photos of family, friends and my memories is in Google Photos and I don't trust them not to use these assets for training. I (maybe daftly) trusted this as a sort of private vault for my photos, and don't want my likeness or that of my family, wife, or friends being used to generate AI content.