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Sources said several law firms and legal tech providers dove into integrations with Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service without noticing the fine print that authorizes Microsoft employees to manually review certain prompts.

March 22, 2024 at 07:00 AM

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More than a year after law firms and legal tech companies signed onto Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service, which gives users access to OpenAI’s generative artificial intelligence models via the Azure Cloud, many found out that a terms-of-use loophole could make privileged information susceptible to third-party review.

Whether those who know about the loophole have informed their clients and customers or whether everyone using the service even knows of the potential vulnerability is unclear. 

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