Outlook's AI assistant sent me another man's personal emails

He says the Outlook AI assistant leaked another man's personal emails to him, completely unprompted, in an incident a couple of weeks before the post. He calls tools like this leaky and untrustworthy.

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How it works

Uses Outlook with its AI assistant
The assistant shows him another man's personal emails without being asked
He flags tools like this as leaky and untrustworthy

Why it’s worth knowing

The assistant handed him a stranger's private emails without him asking for anything.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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