Your work files are not a free pass for AI training

What the source reports

Steven Levy reports for WIRED on efforts to buy work files and messages for AI development. Those records may be valuable because they show how people solve tasks and talk through decisions. The article describes vendor pitches and claims about removing personal details. It does not independently test whether those privacy claims hold. The daily digest says a disputed sale was on hold, so this is not proof that every proposed transfer happened. The key line is between using a file for a limited work task and gaining the right to export it, sell it, keep it, or train an AI model on it. Those are separate choices. The article does not grant permission for any such transfer of private records.