What are Microsoft's Connected Experiences? Do they train AI?

Microsoft have clearly stated that their Connected Experiences for Office do not facilitate training of the Large-Language-Models or AI in any way.

Microsoft's Connected Experiences are used to serve Add-Ins, such as PerfectIt Cloud, from the Microsoft Add-In Store.

They allow Add-Ins to be installed, and also for those Add-Ins to work alongside Office products.

In the case of PerfectIt Cloud, they allow it to run it's checks within Word, show you suggestions and make fixes to your document.

In Microsoft's own words, Connected Experiences:

• Provide design recommendations, editing suggestions, or data insights based on the Office content, through features like PowerPoint Designer or Translator,

• Or download online content templates, images, 3D models, videos, and reference materials, including but not limited to Office templates or PowerPoint QuickStarter.

Microsoft have also directly stated in an X post:

"In the M365 apps, we do not use customer data to train LLMs. This setting only enables features requiring internet access like co-authoring a document."

You can read more about Microsoft's Connected Experiences for Microsoft 365 here:

Connected experiences in Office - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn

You can also read more about Microsoft's consumer data use in more detail here:

Transparency and Control in Consumer Data Use   | Microsoft Copilot Blog