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Microsoft-Owned LinkedIn Using People's Data To Train Artificial Intelligence Models


Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Professional networking platform LinkedIn has confirmed that it automatically uses personal user data to train artificial intelligence (AI) models without first informing its members.


The LinkedIn app displayed on a phone in London on Jan. 11, 2021. Edward Smith/Getty Images
The California-headquartered company said in a Sept. 18 blog post that it has updated the privacy policy element of its terms of service to include language clarifying how it uses the information shared with it “to develop the products and services of LinkedIn and its affiliates, including by training AI models used for content generation (‘generative AI’) and through security and safety measures.”

The platform said that there is an opt-out setting for members when it comes to using their data for generative AI training.

LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft, which has invested heavily in OpenAI, the developer behind ChatGPT. According to the FAQ section of the platform’s website, the AI models used to power generative AI features may be trained by LinkedIn or another provider, such as Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI service.

The networking site said it uses generative AI for features such as its writing assistant and for suggesting posts or messages.

Personal data such as user posts, usage information, inputs and resulting outputs, language preferences, and any feedback they may provide is among the data processed and used to train AI, LinkedIn said.

When LinkedIn trains generative AI models, it seeks to “minimize personal data in the data sets” used to train them, including by using privacy-enhancing technologies that redact or remove personal data from the training dataset, the company said.

LinkedIn said the updates to its terms of service will go into effect on Nov. 20.

LinkedIn added that it does not currently train content-generating AI models on data from members located in the European Union, European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

“If you live in these regions, we and our affiliates will not use your personal data or content on LinkedIn to train or fine-tune generative AI models for content creation without further notice,” the company said.

Opting Out
LinkedIn users in other locations who wish to opt out of allowing the platform to use their data for AI training can visit the “data for generative AI improvement” member setting and set it to “off.”

According to LinkedIn, opting out means that the platform and its affiliates “won’t use your personal data or content on LinkedIn to train models going forward, but does not affect training that has already taken place.”

Meanwhile, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced earlier this month that it will resume training AI models using public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram in the UK over the coming months.

That announcement was made after the company paused training to address “regulatory feedback.”

Meta said it will use public information including posts, photos, captions, and comments from accounts of users over the age of 18 to train and improve its generative AI models. It said the content will not include private messages.


A smartphone displays Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiling the Meta logo, in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2021. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images
Meta said that users in the UK will soon receive in-app notifications regarding AI training, along with information on how they can access a form to object to their data being used to train generative AI models.

Privacy rights groups have criticized social media platforms for processing users’ data without their consent and have urged the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK’s data protection watchdog, to take action.

In a statement, Mariano delli Santi, the legal and policy officer at the UK-based Open Rights Group, said LinkedIn is the latest social media company found to be processing user data without first asking for consent.

“The opt-out model proves once again to be wholly inadequate to protect our rights: the public cannot be expected to monitor and chase every single online company that decides to use our data to train AI,” he said.

The Epoch Times contacted a LinkedIn spokesperson for further comment but didn’t receive a reply by publication time.

Microsoft to surpass Apple market hopefully today! We will see. Onward and upward to new ATHs IMO

Hers the start of the rise back to ATH

Share buyback should get us to that all-time high of 460 again. That and the dividend increase.
Thank you, Microsoft!

Going back to $460’s soon I’m sure and higher

Let’s go Msft, you are falling behind my wmt and cost.

Let’s see how long after $NVDA the US DOJ will subpoena $MSFT too….

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Microsoft $MSFT goes Ex-Dividend today. Microsoft should be raising their dividend next quarter
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The firm, which Dalio ceded control in late 2022, took new stakes in Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG), with 194K shares, Chevron (NYSE:CVX), with 153K shares, and Uranium Energy (NYSE:UEC), with 4.04M shares.
It boosted its holdings in Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), to 2.65M shares from 1.05M shares, Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), to 941K from 151K, and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), to 1.09M from 580K.
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Microsoft $MSFT testing its 200-Day SMA for the first time since March of 2023 today
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100%! By the dips this will go nowhere but back up. I have plenty of time me and my 601 shares.

Bought 18 shares. Far away from being a whale Ha🤓

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Buying opportunity for some big board flippers. Buying 15 shares, hold for 2 or 3 months for a very easy 4 o 5 percent gain. Better than CD's and bonds.
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Bloodbath!

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Microsoft's downbeat Azure growth sparks tech sell-off as AI payoff takes longer
July 30 (Reuters) - Microsoft's weaker-than-expected revenue growth in its Azure cloud business dragged its shares down 5% in after-hours trading on Tuesday and rocked other big tech stocks, in another sign the payoff in hefty AI investments may take longer.

Shares of Amazon.com fell 2.3%, and those of Nvidia pared losses to trade flat after falling 10%.

Quite a big drop

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ChatGPT search will put Google to bed. It will be 10 times superior in accurate search results

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The move puts the Microsoft-backed startup in direct competition with Google, the dominant search engine in the market.

Following OpenAI's announcement, shares of Google's parent company, Alphabet fell 2% after OpenAI's announcement.

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In a blog post, OpenAI said SearchGPT will provide summarized search results with source links in response to user queries. They will also be able to ask follow-up questions and receive contextual responses.

The company also said it will be integrating the best features of SearchGPT directly into ChatGPT in the future.

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Why such a drop today?
In anticipation of “ possible bad “ second-quarter results but that’s not until July 30th.

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Microsoft cloud outage July 19 (Reuters) - Major U.S. carriers including American Airlines (AAL.O), opens new tab, Delta Airlines (DAL.N), opens new tab and United Airlines issued ground stops on Friday morning citing communication issues, less than an hour after Microsoft resolved its cloud services outage that impacted several low-cost carriers.

Low-cost carriers Frontier Airlines, a unit of Frontier Group Holdings (ULCC.O), opens new tab, Allegiant and SunCountry (SNCY.O), opens new tab had earlier reported outages that affected operations. Frontier said late Thursday that it was in the process of resuming normal operations, and that the ground stop had been lifted.
Frontier said earlier that a "major Microsoft technical outage" hit its operations temporarily, while SunCountry said a third-party vendor affected its booking and check-in facilities, without naming the company.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said the department was monitoring the flight cancellation and delay issues at Frontier, adding that the agency will hold the company and all other airlines "to their responsibilities to meet the needs of passengers".
"The Allegiant website is currently unavailable due to the Microsoft Azure issue," Nevada-based Allegiant said in a statement to CNN. Allegiant did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for a comment.
Frontier cancelled 147 flights on Thursday and delayed 212 others, according to data tracker FlightAware. 45% of Allegiant aircrafts were delayed, while Sun Country delayed 23% flights, the data showed. The companies did not give details on the number of flights impacted.
Microsoft said its outage started at about 6 pm ET on Thursday, with a subset of its customers experiencing issues with multiple Azure services in the Central U.S. region.
Azure is a cloud computing platform that provides services for building, deploying, and managing applications and services.
Separately, Microsoft said it was investigating an issue impacting various Microsoft 365 apps and services.

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