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PSA: Microsoft may be training on your private data without your knowledge

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I don’t know what fraction of subscribers are affected. In my own case, I see that this setting was on – surely not by deliberate choice:

Every big tech company is desperate for training data, and we can expect more companies following the same sly opt-out playbook, hiding what is going in obscure settings and Terms of Service nobody reads.

The key point of my recent book Taming Silicon Valley is directly relevant here: none of us stand any chance against big tech unless we stand together.

Dr. Gary Marcus love the scientific question of how we might develop machines that are intelligent, but despises the way that the AI industry is ripping off everyday people.