That seams to be one of the best use cases for this, provided you can run it without giving Microsoft a lot of data directly. Else this is a no-no for enterprises imo.
Many large enterprises already store almost everything on 365 and azure. Other than budget, the only thing they need to turn on copilot is for it to adopt the same data privacy guarantees already available in 365.
Sure, but most (if not all?) of us have language in our customer agreements that Microsoft doesn't have rights to just start browsing our OneDrive libraries and Exchange inboxes without a support contract explicitly authorizing access for support purposes. Just like, sure, I technically have access to a bunch of PHI at my workplace - but touching it without a valid reason is a one-way ticket to the unemployment line.
But unlike Microsoft's other services, AI needs data to train on - are they going to be content just sourcing this from the internet at large or have we finally hit an inflection point where they try to get business and enterprise customers to give access in exchange for these features? That's a big no-no to anyone in a field that deals with sensitive information, and in most all cases an equally big no-no to anyone in a company that wants to keep things confidential.
The integration mentions working with Microsoft Graph API, and it’s doing the generation on the client, so seems plausible this has no more access than any other OAuth app. The Graph API can be locked down with Access Policies. I’m sure there will be features to further cordon off data to the AI, similar to how OneDrive has an encrypted vault which is not accessible from the Graph API.
This is a service for companies that already store all of their e-mail, documents, files, chat, etc with Microsoft. If there was a concern about data privacy that company wouldn’t be using Microsoft 365 in the first place. I think the bigger concern is how your data is used for training. If it is at all, I don’t know.
abtinf|3 years ago
throwanem|3 years ago
snuxoll|3 years ago
But unlike Microsoft's other services, AI needs data to train on - are they going to be content just sourcing this from the internet at large or have we finally hit an inflection point where they try to get business and enterprise customers to give access in exchange for these features? That's a big no-no to anyone in a field that deals with sensitive information, and in most all cases an equally big no-no to anyone in a company that wants to keep things confidential.
unknown|3 years ago
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tcbyrd|3 years ago
Rimintil|3 years ago
As far as 'no more access than', OAuth apps can have full control over your tenant and all data.
bleuchase|3 years ago