Microsoft on Wednesday denied claims that it makes use of buyer information from its Microsoft 365 functions, together with Phrase and Excel, to coach synthetic intelligence fashions.
The response got here after some customers identified on social media that the corporate requires customers to opt-out of its “linked experiences” function, which they argued was used to coach AI fashions.
“These claims are unfaithful. Microsoft doesn’t use buyer information from Microsoft 365 shopper and industrial functions to coach foundational giant language fashions,” a Microsoft spokesperson stated in an emailed assertion to Reuters.
The spokesperson added that the “linked experiences” permits options reminiscent of co-authoring and cloud storage, and has no connection to how the corporate trains its giant language fashions.
The conversations on social media point out that individuals stay involved about their information getting used to coach AI fashions with out permission.
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