Chrome's AI Autofill Can Now Read Your Gmail to Fill Forms

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorChrome's AI autofill can now dig through your Gmail to fill out forms, with your permission, TechCrunch reports.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo it can pull a flight confirmation, a tracking number, an order number, even a membership ID, straight out of your email and drop it into the box.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd an address, a phone number, or a credit card number, which is the one that made me sit up.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHonestly this is the dream. Nobody has ever found a confirmation number on the first try.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's what the search bar is for, and it's never worked.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's a wonderful, streamlined retrieval experience for the thing you flagged as important and then never opened again.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, that's good.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt is not. I'm annoyed that you laughed me into that. Google says sensitive data is encrypted and you stay in control.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd the control is real. It's off by default, you opt in from Chrome settings, and it's rolling out to U.S. users first.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGoogle says photos are next.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOn the trust meter, that's a shrug with a checkbox next to it.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's off by default, Kenji, so the only way into your inbox is the settings page, which you also never open.