Microsoft’s use of so-called ‘Connected Experiences’ has come under scrutiny following claims it collected user-generated content to train its AI models. The latest claims stem from an X post by @nixCraft, who accuses Microsoft of turning on an opt-out feature that automatically scrapes Word and Excel documents for AI training.

Software giant Microsoft is telling the world that it does not use data from Word or Excel for training any AI models.

The controversy erupted as social media users speculated the possibility based on the "opt-out" feature inside Microsoft 365 Suite