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Dropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data to OpenAI when used (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by farcaster@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 111 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Holy hell guys, did you all just read the headline and run to the comment section?

  • enabled by default means you can see the feature and interact with it if you choose to do so

  • when you interact with it, it explains it needs to send this file to OpenAI. Of course it does, that's how it knows what you're asking of it. You are prompted to choose to use this feature

  • if you choose not to interact with it, nothing has changed, nothing has been sent anywhere

  • if you really don't want to look at it anymore you can turn it off, which is nice. A lot of companies drop stuff like this and you're stuck with it whether you like it or not

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 25 points 11 months ago

I, for one, have been trained by corporations and news agencies to react impulsively and without any deeper consideration for decades now.

/s

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What? You expect people to actually read articles instead of jumping to conclusions based solely on the headlines? Outrageous

/s

[–] oce@jlai.lu 16 points 11 months ago

Me, an intellectual, basing myself solely on the most legit looking comment instead of reading the article.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

when you interact with it, it explains it needs to send this file to OpenAI

/thread

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The more I read this community the more I think it's populated mainly by children and pearl-clutching conspiracy theorists.

[–] grayman@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

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