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Microsoft Copilot terms allow use of user content for service improvement

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Microsoft's terms of service for Copilot indicate that the company may use user content to operate and improve the AI service. This includes the ability to copy, distribute, and publicly display content, granting these rights to third parties. The terms also mention both automated and manual processing of data, drawing parallels to crowdsourcing platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk. AI

IMPACT Users should be aware that their content may be used to train and improve Microsoft Copilot, impacting data privacy.

RANK_REASON User commentary on terms of service for a product.

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Microsoft Copilot terms allow use of user content for service improvement

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Just regularly read: https://www. microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft- copilot/for-individuals/termsofuse There always is a good joke in there: "We don’t own Your Con

    Just regularly read: https://www. microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft- copilot/for-individuals/termsofuse There always is a good joke in there: "We don’t own Your Content, but we may use Your Content to operate Copilot and improve it. By using Copilot, you grant us permission to use Yo…

    LINKS microsoft.com/…/termsofuse en.wikipedia.org/…/Mechanical_Turk en.wikipedia.org/…/Mechanic

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