Dropbox spooks users by sending data to OpenAI for AI search features
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Feature turned on by default bothers users who like to keep their files private

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It only interacts with OpenAI when you use the feature and warns you about it ahead of time. None of your files were automatically sent over and if you don’t want to use this feature they allow you to turn it off. This is in the article.

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