{"slug": "microsoft-admits-ai-training-in-new-user-privacy-statment", "title": "Microsoft Admits AI Training in New User Privacy Statment", "summary": "Microsoft's updated privacy statement now explicitly states that it uses customer data to develop and train its AI models, acknowledging that not all personal data processed can be accessed or controlled via user tools. The disclosure, published on Microsoft's official privacy statement page, clarifies the company's data usage practices amid growing scrutiny of AI training data.", "body_md": "#\nSubmission\n[+](/my/login)\n[-](/my/login)\n[Microsoft Admits AI Training in New User Privacy Statment](//slashdot.org/submission/17350256/microsoft-admits-ai-training-in-new-user-privacy-statment) [ (microsoft.com) ](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement)\n[1](//slashdot.org/submission/17350256/microsoft-admits-ai-training-in-new-user-privacy-statment#comments)\n\nAn anonymous reader writes:\n\n*\"Microsoft uses the data we collect to provide you with rich, interactive experiences. Specifically, we use data to: Provide our products, which includes updating, securing, and troubleshooting, as well as providing support and making recommendations. Improve and develop our products. As part of our efforts to improve and develop our products, we may use your data to develop and train our AI models....\"*\n\n...\n\n\"Not all personal data processed by Microsoft can be accessed or controlled via the tools described in this section.\"\n\n...\"Not all personal data processed by Microsoft can be accessed or controlled via the tools described in this section.\"", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-admits-ai-training-in-new-user-privacy-statment", "canonical_source": "https://slashdot.org/submission/17350256/microsoft-admits-ai-training-in-new-user-privacy-statment", "published_at": "2026-08-30 04:30:35+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-30 04:52:00.782095+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Microsoft"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-admits-ai-training-in-new-user-privacy-statment", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-admits-ai-training-in-new-user-privacy-statment.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-admits-ai-training-in-new-user-privacy-statment.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-admits-ai-training-in-new-user-privacy-statment.jsonld"}}