This article highlights the concern about AI and privacy in the context of various services. Dropbox offers the Dropbox AI feature for English-speaking users who have subscribed to a paid package. This feature is designed to summarize the content of documents or videos for users.
However, there have been recent reports indicating that the Dropbox AI feature is enabled by default and sourced from an external provider, OpenAI. This raises worries that OpenAI may have access to Dropbox documents and use them for training data.
To address these concerns, Drew Houston, the CEO of Dropbox, clarified the situation and apologized for any confusion. He confirmed that while the AI functionality is enabled by default, OpenAI can access document data only when the AI function is used with the specified documents for content summarization purposes. This means that no data, including other documents in the folder, will be used for training. Additionally, any exported data will be stored on servers for no longer than 30 days.
Users who have access to this feature can choose to opt out by disabling the Third-Party AI option in the settings.
TLDR: Dropbox offers an AI feature that summarizes document content, raising concerns about privacy and data access. The CEO clarifies that OpenAI can only access specified documents for summarization and no data is used for training. Users can opt out of the feature if desired.
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