Microsoft Copilot in Word in Microsoft 365 Copilot: what does this AI read, and can you turn it off?

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What the AI does

Write “Some other capabilities also include adding onto existing prompts, drafting a document by referencing other documents and discovering information about documents.” “Users can also use enhanced capabilities like visualizing and transforming text into a table.” “Copilot in Word improves document editing and review by making changes, comments, and structure easy to manage directly in Word, helping teams work faster without losing accuracy or control.” [4] dated copy

Model

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What it reads

Documents “Some other capabilities also include adding onto existing prompts, drafting a document by referencing other documents and discovering information about documents.” [4] dated copy

Where the data goes

Not documented by the vendor “Models provided by Anthropic as a subprocessor are currently excluded from the EU Data Boundary.” [3] dated copy

Trains on your data

No “Data stored about user interactions with Microsoft Copilot is encrypted and isn't used to train foundation models (including those used by Microsoft Copilot) from model providers such as Microsoft (Azure Open AI Service), Anthropic, or OpenAI.” “isn't used to train foundation models (including those used by Microsoft Copilot) from model providers such as Microsoft (Azure Open AI Service), Anthropic, or OpenAI.” “Prompts, responses, and data accessed through Microsoft Graph aren't used to train foundation LLMs, including those used by Microsoft Copilot.” [4] dated copy

On by default

No “Une licence distincte pour une offre Microsoft 365 éligible est nécessaire.” [1]

Can be turned off

Yes “If you turn off connected experiences that analyze your content on devices in your organization, Microsoft Copilot features won't be available to your users in the following apps:” [3] dated copy

Billing

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Feature type

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Frameworks the catalog links to it

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