Chris Young, Microsoft executive vice president of business development, strategy, and ventures, at the GeekWire Summit in 2021. (GeekWire File Photo /

Microsoft's LinkedIn has been sued by Premium customers who said the business-focused social media platform disclosed their private messages to third parties without permission to train generative artificial intelligence models.

The suit alleges LinkedIn quietly introduced a privacy setting that let users enable or disable the sharing of their personal data.

Microsofts LinkedIn is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit, accused of sharing private messages from Premium users without permission to train generative AI models. The complaint, filed in federal court in San Jose,

Microsoft is making some changes to the way you sign in to a Microsoft account next month. Starting in February, you will stay signed in to a Microsoft account automatically unless you sign out or use private browsing. It’s a change that people will need to be aware of, especially if they’re using a public computer.

If you use a public computer, remember that from next month, Microsoft will not automatically log you out when you stop work. The post Heads Up: Microsoft Is Leaving You Logged on Starting In February appeared first on Tech.

The partnership that launched the AI boom has been strained by disagreements over computing resources.

Microsoft will no longer be the exclusive provider of new cloud computing capacity to OpenAI — a new twist in their relationship that clears the way for OpenAI to work with Oracle and others on the $500 billion Stargate AI project announced by the companies Tuesday with President Trump at the White House.