[Advanced Paste > Paste with AI] Does OpenAI use my clipboard data or saves them?

[htcfreek]

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There is no information in PT Settings or on the documentation of PT Advanced Paste if OpenAI will save or use my Clipboard Content if I paste with AI. This information is interesting because sometimes my clipboard contains sensitive data (passwords, keys, personal adress, ...).

If yes there should be an warning box in PT Settings and on the learn.microsoft.com page.

[BoffinBrain]

I came here to ask the same thing. Without knowing exactly how this AI feature works, and whether it can be disabled (or isn't enabled to begin with) then I won't be updating PowerToys. I was disappointed to see that Paste as Plain Text was removed in favor of this.

[nathancartlidge]

This could potentially be resolved by including a link to OpenAI's API privacy policy in the documentation

tldr:

• "We do not use your [...] API data, inputs, and outputs for training our models."
• "OpenAI may securely retain API inputs and outputs for up to 30 days to provide the services and to identify abuse."
• "Our access to API business data stored on our systems is limited to (1) authorized employees that require access for engineering support, investigating potential platform abuse, and legal compliance and (2) specialized third-party contractors who are bound by confidentiality and security obligations, solely to review for abuse and misuse."

[htcfreek]

@nathancartlidge The links exists. But I didn't find it in the Privacy Policy. I must have overseen it and I am sure that people don't like to read the whole document. 😅

We should add a short not. Thoughts, @crutkas ?

[htcfreek]

@BoffinBrain

Without knowing exactly how this AI feature works, and whether it can be disabled

The AI part is disabled by default as you need an OpenAI key first. So you can use the feature without AI too.

[BoffinBrain]

The AI part is disabled by default as you need an OpenAI key first. So you can use the feature without AI too.

Good to know. Perhaps this could be better described in the release notes and the Microsoft Learn pages. They simply say "Advanced Paste is an AI powered tool."

[htcfreek]

@jaimecbernardo Is this something we should add to settings ui or docs on learn.microsoft.com?

[joadoumie]

This is what the learn docs say now ^ -- and the terms for Open AI are in the tool too. It is off by default and the AI portion is 100% an opt-in feature.

Thanks for the feedback, I'm leaning towards closing out this issue because we've tweaked the docs to help better articulate around this issue because of feedback like this one which is super helpful. I will close this out in a few days if we are in agreement here!

/needinfo

[htcfreek]

But what is done with the data converted using AI? Are they safed or used for training by OpenAI?

[nathancartlidge]

@htcfreek

As I mentioned previously - the AI part of the tool uses OpenAI's API, so is subject to the API privacy policy I summarised above (not used for training, but potentially accessible to openai employees/contractors).

I think including a link to OpenAI's privacy policy is sufficient here, but if others feel the same as you we could add an external summary on the documentation site

[htcfreek]

As I mentioned previously - the AI part of the tool uses OpenAI's API, so is subject to the API privacy policy I summarised above (not used for training, but potentially accessible to openai employees/contractors).

Now my question is answered.

I think including a link to OpenAI's privacy policy is sufficient here, but if others feel the same as you we could add an external summary on the documentation site

Did you quote the above from their policy or is it summarized by you?

One the one hand I think short summary on our docs is great.On the ither hand who ensure keeping our docs up to date. 🤔🤯

[joadoumie]

I just reviewed this thread -- I think that we can leave it open for now but am removing some tags to help triage process across the repo.