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Re: Slack AI Training with Customer Data

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Post by noman-land »

drcongo wrote: post #398
noman-land wrote: post #397

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The section from the OP I'm referring to is: Contact us to opt out. If you want to exclude your Customer Data from Slack global models, you can opt out. To opt out, please have your Org or Workspace Owners or Primary Owner contact our Customer Experience team at feedback@slack.com with your Workspace/Org URL and the subject line “Slack Global model opt-out request.” We will process your request and respond once the o…

There's some shenanigans going on here, of course. The section I was looking at says... To opt out, please have your org, workspace owners or primary owner contact our Customer Experience team at feedback@slack.com with your workspace/org URL and the subject line ‘Slack global model opt-out request’.

That's weak. Be better, Slack.

For reference, I got an email back saying I was opted out and a bunch of justifications about why it's okay what they did and zero mention of the legality of opting people in by default.

Re: Slack AI Training with Customer Data

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Post by everforward »

drcongo wrote: post #398
noman-land wrote: post #397

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The section from the OP I'm referring to is: Contact us to opt out. If you want to exclude your Customer Data from Slack global models, you can opt out. To opt out, please have your Org or Workspace Owners or Primary Owner contact our Customer Experience team at feedback@slack.com with your Workspace/Org URL and the subject line “Slack Global model opt-out request.” We will process your request and respond once the o…

There's some shenanigans going on here, of course. The section I was looking at says... To opt out, please have your org, workspace owners or primary owner contact our Customer Experience team at feedback@slack.com with your workspace/org URL and the subject line ‘Slack global model opt-out request’.

I don't think this is shenanigans, just inconsistent use of English rules. I'd be floored if a judge ruled the period was pertinent here; there's no linguistic value or meaning to it (i.e. the meaning of the message is the same with or without it).

I'd be very surprised to hear that Slack was allowed to propose a free-form communication method, impose rigid rules on it, and then deny anyone who fails to meet those rigid rules. If Slack was worried about having to read all of these emails, they should have made a PDF form or just put it on a toggle in the Workspace settings. This is a self-inflicted problem.

Re: Slack AI Training with Customer Data

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Post by staticautomatic »

gdiamos wrote: post #407

Does it count as a public disclosure if you disclose an invention to a slack AI? The Wikipedia definition says: “a communication to one or more members of the public”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_disclosure

Slack itself isn’t “the public” and if you disclosed on a public channel, the fact that it was via Slack would be immaterial.
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