{"id":130788,"date":"2024-11-27T20:57:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T13:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130788"},"modified":"2024-11-27T20:57:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T13:57:31","slug":"no-microsoft-isnt-using-your-office-docs-to-train-its-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130788","title":{"rendered":"No, Microsoft isn\u2019t using your Office docs to train its AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Microsoft says it isn\u2019t using customer data from its Microsoft 365 apps to train its AI models. The clarification addresses <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/msoffice\/forum\/all\/is-copilot-scraping-my-word-documents\/5d7509fb-13dd-4c55-b478-1e8fc1afe678\">reports circulating online<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nixcraft\/status\/1860530950041485565\">the last few weeks<\/a> claiming Microsoft required Word and Excel users to opt out of training the company\u2019s AI systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">The confusion arose from a privacy setting in Microsoft Office that toggles \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-apps\/privacy\/connected-experiences?ocid=usoc_TWITTER_M365_spl100006741601683#connected-experiences-that-analyze-your-content\">optional connected experiences<\/a>\u201d \u2014 a feature that helps users \u201csearch for online pictures\u201d or \u201cfind information available online,\u201d according to Microsoft. This toggle is switched on by default, and fails to mention AI training in the disclosure. Similarly, a Microsoft learning document posted on October 21st, 2024 seems to have contributed to the confusion by describing a long list of <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-apps\/privacy\/connected-experiences?ocid=usoc_TWITTER_M365_spl100006741601683#connected-experiences-that-analyze-your-content\">connected experiences in Office<\/a> that \u201canalyze your content\u201d without explicitly excluding Large Language Model (LLM) AI training.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">\u201cIn the M365 apps, we do not use customer data to train LLMs,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Microsoft365\/status\/1861160874993463648\">Microsoft 365 X account said<\/a>, responding to claims. \u201cThis setting only enables features requiring internet access like co-authoring a document.\u201d Microsoft\u2019s communications head Frank Shaw <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/fxshaw.com\/post\/3lbuvoxk4dk2v\">also chimed in on Bluesky<\/a> to debunk the claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">The Adobe and Microsoft incidents suggest that people are increasingly concerned with their personal data being used by tech companies to train their AI models without express permission. It\u2019s an understandable concern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/12\/24242789\/meta-training-ai-models-facebook-instagram-photo-post-data\">given companies like Meta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/7\/26\/24206904\/x-grok-ai-train-turn-off\">X<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/4\/9\/24125564\/google-will-only-train-on-your-google-docs-if-it-finds-them-online\">Google<\/a> opt their users into AI training by default, and the vast quantities of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/7\/5\/23784257\/google-ai-bard-privacy-policy-train-web-scraping\">online content being scraped<\/a> for that purpose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/11\/27\/24307284\/microsoft-debunks-office-ai-data-scraping-rumors\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft says it isn\u2019t using customer data from its Microsoft 365 apps to train its AI models. 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