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Ask Microsoft: Are you using our personal data to train AI? (foundation.mozilla.org)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We had four lawyers, three privacy experts, and two campaigners look at Microsoft's new Service Agreement, and none of our experts could tell if Microsoft plans on using your personal data – including audio, video, chat, and attachments from 130 products, including Office, Skype, Teams, and Xbox – to train its AI models.

If nine experts in privacy can't understand what Microsoft does with your data, what chance does the average person have? That's why we're asking Microsoft to say if they're going to use our personal data to train its AI.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

Just tell Microsoft we know they're using personal user data to train AI, and they should stop.

It would be off brand for Microsoft to do otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft: "No. no, no, no. Yes. A bit."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

"No. no, no, no. Yes. A bit."

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Never trust the businessman in explaining the bad side of the business, especially when it's the hated surveillance capitalism

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They also won't be able to tell you if Microsoft has plans to deport you to Mars.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft totally has plans to deport us all to Mars.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

if it means we can all be happy space penguins I am all for it!