This week, Microsoft refuted reports claiming that it is training its Copilot AI on data customers store in Microsoft 365.

Microsoft on Wednesday denied claims that it uses customer data from its Microsoft 365 applications, including Word and Excel, to train artificial intelligence models. The response came after some users pointed out on social media that the company requires users to opt-out of its "connected experiences" feature,

The setting in question 'only enables features requiring internet access like co-authoring a document,' Microsoft says.

Microsoft specified that Connected Experiences within Microsoft 365 are not related to training AI models. Microsoft was accused of using data from Word documents and Excel spreadsheets to train AI models earlier this week.