We Don't Use Your Word, Excel Data for AI Training

Microsoft Pinky-Promises It's Not Training AI On Your Word And Excel Data
According to software giant, Microsoft, it was all just a big misunderstanding, reminiscent of Adobe’s incident earlier this year.
Microsoft Clarifies The Air By Confirming It Does Not Use Word and Excel Data For AI Training
Software giant Microsoft is telling the world that it does not use data from Word or Excel for training any AI models.
Microsoft hits back at claims AI data scraping was sneakily turned on in Word, Excel
Microsoft’s use of so-called ‘Connected Experiences’ has come under scrutiny following claims it collected user-generated content to train its AI models. The latest claims stem from an X post by @nixCraft, who accuses Microsoft of turning on an opt-out feature that automatically scrapes Word and Excel documents for AI training.
Microsoft responds to claims all Word and Excel files are being used to train AI
Microsoft has responded to claims that it has quietly switched on an 'opt-out' feature that enables the scraping of Word and Excel files for AI training.
Microsoft Denies Using Word and Excel User Data For Training AI
The controversy erupted as social media users speculated the possibility based on the "opt-out" feature inside Microsoft 365 Suite
Microsoft says it's not using your Word, Excel data for AI training
Microsoft has denied claims that it uses Microsoft 365 apps (including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) to collect data to train the company's artificial intelligence (AI) models.
Microsoft Says it is Not Training Copilot AI on Your Microsoft 365 Data (Updated)
This week, Microsoft refuted reports claiming that it is training its Copilot AI on data customers store in Microsoft 365.
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No, Microsoft isn’t using your Office docs to train its AI
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