"Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on by default, and you have to manually uncheck a box in order to opt out.
If you are a writer who uses MS Word to write any proprietary content (blog posts, novels, or any work you intend to protect with copyright and/or sell), you’re going to want to turn this feature off immediately.
I won’t beat around the bush. Microsoft Office doesn’t make it easy to opt out of this new AI privacy agreement, as the feature is hidden through a series of popup menus in your settings:
On a Windows computer, follow these steps to turn off “Connected Experiences”: File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Optional Connected Experiences > Uncheck box: “Turn on optional connected experiences”"
https://medium.com/illumination/ms-word-is-using-you-to-train-ai-86d6a4d87021
#Microsoft #AI #GenerativeAI #AITraining #MSWord #Privacy #Word
@remixtures I don't understand is it really hard to switch to other #FOSS alternatives like #Libreoffice and #Onlyoffice.
Wife complains about it not being MS word, which ahe is used to at work.
She also has the option of MS word from 22 years ago, which I found sitting on a work network cd drive, but that is too old and not the same, despite it being able to do 99.999% of what she does at work.
@SuperMoosie Divorce is always an option. Desperate times call for desperate measures!
@javalps @remixtures
@MattMerk @SuperMoosie @remixtures Don't say that.
@MattMerk @SuperMoosie @remixtures What I'm saying is, you should not go for a divorce just because your wife uses #MSword.
@javalps Um, I understand that when talking about computer technology, many people can't see when something is a joke. What I said was a joke. Clearly no sane person would recommend someone get a divorce because of their spouse using a perticular brand of software ...
... unless it was published by Microsoft!!!
Again, a joke ... (probably).
@MattMerk @javalps @SuperMoosie @remixtures "Nobody got divorced for buying Microsoft"
@dpwiz @MattMerk @SuperMoosie @remixtures Yeah ! My bad. I didn't realise it was a joke.