Does anyone can confirm or not what RWS Community AI said please?

Cédric Deplanque 

I am not an RWS employee, just a user like you. I assume you are referring to the "AI Assistant" in Trados Studio.

First of all, Trados Studio is a software that runs on your machine. You can watch any data it sends anywhere using free programs like Fiddler (Classic) or, if you intend to dig seriously into this, WireShark.

"AI Assistant" is a component of Trados Studio 2024 (there are plugin precursors for 2022) that sends data from Studio to OpenAI or Azure (whatever you define in the configuration), receives data from these services and displays them in Studio. This data transfer happens from your machine to OpenAI/Azure. RWS is NOT the man in the middle. You can see this in Fiddler. You can see the entire data package that goes out, and the return package that is returned to your machine. There is no black box here. OpenAI and Azure themselves are black boxes, but they both state that they do not use data from their APIs for training purposes. (You should make sure this still applies if it's crucial for you.) Do they keep their word? Your guess is as good as mine.

If you are working with highly sensitive data, chances are your customer won't want this data to be transmitted anywhere. But chances are then that they won't send you Trados packages by email, which is notoriously not-secure. However, this is just about Trados Studio.

There is a checkbox about taking part in some customer feedback programme, and I honestly don't know which kind of data this gathers. I would be interested to know.

Hope that helps a bit. If you are suspicious, consider this: RWS has a reputation to lose. The gain they would have from sneakily harvesting data is very limited, and the potential damage would be colossal. But do install Fiddler and see for yourself. You can see all data transfers, like to MT providers etc.

Daniel

Cédric Deplanque 

I am not an RWS employee, just a user like you. I assume you are referring to the "AI Assistant" in Trados Studio.

First of all, Trados Studio is a software that runs on your machine. You can watch any data it sends anywhere using free programs like Fiddler (Classic) or, if you intend to dig seriously into this, WireShark.

"AI Assistant" is a component of Trados Studio 2024 (there are plugin precursors for 2022) that sends data from Studio to OpenAI or Azure (whatever you define in the configuration), receives data from these services and displays them in Studio. This data transfer happens from your machine to OpenAI/Azure. RWS is NOT the man in the middle. You can see this in Fiddler. You can see the entire data package that goes out, and the return package that is returned to your machine. There is no black box here. OpenAI and Azure themselves are black boxes, but they both state that they do not use data from their APIs for training purposes. (You should make sure this still applies if it's crucial for you.) Do they keep their word? Your guess is as good as mine.

If you are working with highly sensitive data, chances are your customer won't want this data to be transmitted anywhere. But chances are then that they won't send you Trados packages by email, which is notoriously not-secure. However, this is just about Trados Studio.

There is a checkbox about taking part in some customer feedback programme, and I honestly don't know which kind of data this gathers. I would be interested to know.

Hope that helps a bit. If you are suspicious, consider this: RWS has a reputation to lose. The gain they would have from sneakily harvesting data is very limited, and the potential damage would be colossal. But do install Fiddler and see for yourself. You can see all data transfers, like to MT providers etc.

Daniel

Hello Daniel,

Thanks a lot for your answer Daniel, it really helps!

Indeed, I referred to the AI Assistant.

Thanks for these softwares you recommended me too, I didn't know them.

I would like to use your answer for an internship report where I conduct research on the use of big data in the field of translation.

Would it be all right if I quote you?

Best regards,

Céd'

Cédric Deplanque 

Well, all contributions to this forum are public, and you have the right to quote. I mean, thanks for asking, but you actually don't need my permission - you just need to reference your source.

Daniel

You're right, but your contribution is valuable, and I do think (even if it's not a prerequisite based on the rules of this forum as you mentioned) that your permission is needed.

Cédric Deplanque 

You have it.

Thanks a lot! ^^