lemme in@lemm.ee to Privacy@programming.dev · 21 hours agoMicrosoft Word and Excel AI data scraping slyly switched to opt-in by default — the opt-out toggle is not that easy to findwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down12cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1178arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft Word and Excel AI data scraping slyly switched to opt-in by default — the opt-out toggle is not that easy to findwww.tomshardware.comlemme in@lemm.ee to Privacy@programming.dev · 21 hours agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·20 hours agoScraping Excel? What the hell are they going to do with that data, you can’t just make up quarterly reports.
minus-squaredrolex@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·20 hours agoFrankly, I wonder about that sometimes, given the reports I have seen from some CFOs
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·18 hours agoHow else would you come up with your financial data?
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoI throw dice at monkeys then pray they don’t murder me in my sleep.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoSounds like as good a method as any.
minus-squarelemmylommy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 hours agoIt’s probably the structure of the documents that is most interesting for „AI“ when it comes to excel. Not the bare numbers, but what information goes where and how it gets linked.
Scraping Excel? What the hell are they going to do with that data, you can’t just make up quarterly reports.
Frankly, I wonder about that sometimes, given the reports I have seen from some CFOs
How else would you come up with your financial data?
I throw dice at monkeys then pray they don’t murder me in my sleep.
Sounds like as good a method as any.
It’s probably the structure of the documents that is most interesting for „AI“ when it comes to excel. Not the bare numbers, but what information goes where and how it gets linked.