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Microsoft Copilot AI Gains Access to User Emails and Chats

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Microsoft's Copilot AI is now capable of reading user emails and chats, with the company stating that users can manage this data through settings. Users can query Copilot about the information it has stored and subsequently delete any unwanted data. AI

IMPACT This feature raises privacy concerns for users of Microsoft's AI assistant, Copilot.

RANK_REASON This is a product update for an existing AI assistant, not a new frontier model release.

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Microsoft Copilot AI Gains Access to User Emails and Chats

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Zak Doffman, Contributor ·

    ‘Disable This Via Settings’—Microsoft AI Starts Reading Your Emails And Chats

    Microsoft says ask Copilot “what do you know about me,” and delete anything you don't like.

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