Copilot with data protection

Generative AI is AI that can generate new content—like text, images, etc.—on its own. Copilot is a generative tool: you can prompt it with something, and it will generate a response based on its underlying AI models and the web.​ 

Your company’s data and intellectual property are its competitive advantage—they’re highly valuable and need to be protected! The problem with using generative AI without commercial data protection is prompts or content you generate can be exposed to the public, as part of another answer. That’s where generative AI with commercial data protection comes in: what you put in and get out is not used to train the underlying AI model so your company’s data stays safe. ​ 

Copilot aims to base all its responses on reliable sources, but AI can make mistakes, and third-party content on the internet may not always be accurate or reliable. Copilot will sometimes misrepresent the information it finds. This is why Copilot is transparent and shows the sources of information behind its answers. Always check the sources before making decisions or taking actions based on responses from Copilot. Copilot does not replace human judgment. ​ 

You’ll know you’re using Copilot with commercial data protection based on two visual signals:​ 

• Protected will appear next to your profile icon.​ 
• Your personal and company data are protected in this chat will appear above the chat box.​ 

Your prompts and responses are deidentified and not retained when using Copilot. Because of this, your company cannot see them and are not provided with any auditing or logging tools as part of Copilot. 

Copilot is an AI-powered web chat, meaning its responses are based only on what you input as the prompt and what the AI can pull from the web. It is not able to see or use company or device data when crafting a response. If you use Copilot in the Microsoft Edge sidebar, it can use the context of the webpage you have open, but you can always turn this off. It will not see or use other browser data like browser history.​ 

As with other AI tools, there are limits to how many turns (prompts and responses) you can do per chat conversation and per day. If you reach those limits, you will be notified within the experience.​ 

Yes, go to edge://settings/sidebar and select Copilot under App and notification settings. From the Copilot settings page, turn off the Allow access to any website or PDF toggle.​