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Slack has been siphoning user data to train AI models, enrolling you automatically | Smarter collaboration, but at what cost?


The revelation, which blew up online this week after a user called it out on X/Twitter, has plenty of people peeved that Slack didn't make this clearer...

The revelation, which blew up online this week after a user called it out on X/Twitter, has plenty of people peeved that Slack didn't make this clearer from the jump. Corey Quinn, an executive at Duckbill Group, kicked up the fuss with an angry post asking "I'm sorry Slack, you're doing f**king WHAT with user DMs, messages, files, etc?" Individuals can't opt out on their own; they need an admin for the whole organization to request it by emailing a very specific subject line, which you can find in the post above.

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