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Yahoo, as part of its family of brands, uses cookies to provide services, authenticate users, and measure site usage. By accepting cookies, users consent to Yahoo and its partners accessing device information and personal data for personalized advertising and content. Users can manage their privacy settings to control data usage and can change their preferences at any time through the privacy settings on Yahoo's sites and apps.
Microsoft has clarified that it does not use customer data from its Microsoft 365 apps, such as Word and Excel, to train its AI models. This statement comes in response to confusion over a privacy setting related to "optional connected experiences," which some users mistakenly believed involved AI training. The company emphasized that these settings only enable features requiring internet access, like document co-authoring. This incident highlights growing concerns about tech companies using personal data for AI training without explicit consent, similar to a previous misunderstanding with Adobe.