Adobe says its Windows apps wont use AI to auto-scan your documents

Date:
Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Description:
Adobe VP hits back at rumors claiming that its new AI Assistant in Acrobat
and Reader scans documents autonomously.

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Adobe has recently faced scrutiny over concerns that its AI features within Acrobat and Reader may be secretly scanning documents. However, according to Windows Latest , citing a response from the company, that's not the case.

The confusion stems from Adobe documentation on its new AI-powered features, which reads: The generative AI features in Acrobat and Acrobat Reader are turned on by default. However, you can choose to turn them off, if necessary.

Following concerns shared by security reporter Brian Krebs , the controversy gained further traction on social platforms like Reddit where users expressed privacy and security concerns. Adobes AI wont scan your documents

In response to Windows Latest , Adobe affirmed that turned on by default simply means that the tools are available to eligible users as standard, and not that the apps will automatically scan through your documents.

With Adobes AI tools built into Acrobat and Reader, documents are only
scanned once a user agrees to the terms and actively engages with the AI by performing a task such as summary generation.

Adobes VP of Product Management, Deepak Bharadwaj, added in a statement to Windows Latest :

Like other Adobe AI features, Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant was developed and deployed in alignment with Adobes AI principles of accountability, responsibility and transparency. In addition, the features are governed by data security, privacy and AI ethics protocols and no customer content is
used to train LLMs without customers consent.

Bharadwaj added that millions of users have already used Adobes AI Assistant to answer questions and generate summaries and insights.

Unwilling to just take Adobes word for it, Windows Latest also conducted its own test and found that the rumors suggesting that all documents are automatically scanned are baseless. More from TechRadar Pre These are the
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