Shit like this is why I made https://nopilot.xyz and added it to my e-mail signature.

Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️

If you value other people's writing and creative labor, please please don't open it in MS Word.

Ned Yeung (@[email protected])

Attached: 2 images "To all my writer friends that use MS Word - Microsoft has turned their Al bits and bots on to automatically go through anything done via Word. Here's how to turn it off. File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Connected Experiences" On the Mac I found it under Word/Excel/Etc > Preferences > Privacy, and near the bottom was the checkbox for "Turn on optional connected experiences" which of course was on by default. #office365 #AI #microsoft

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