Concerns Over Slack's AI Training and Privacy: A Comparative Look at Collaboration Platforms and EMail Parrot™
Recently, Slack has faced significant backlash for using user data, including messages, files, and other content, to train its new AI services. This practice has raised substantial privacy and intellectual property concerns, particularly due to Slack’s opt-out mechanism being cumbersome and not web-based. Users have expressed unease over the default opt-in policy, which mandates that their data is included in AI training unless they proactively opt out through a process that requires organizational intervention.