Game Rant

  • Xbox's Cortana voice assistant sent user recordings to Microsoft. 1 / 8

  • Microsoft hired independent contractors to monitor the recordings. 2 / 8

  • The company says they use the recording to improve the voice assistant. 3 / 8

  • The contractors said not all of the recording was intentional. 4 / 8

  • Some users activated Cortana accidentally and those recordings got sent too. 5 / 8

  • Microsoft says that they make sure to de-identify all records for privacy. 6 / 8

  • The contractors say the assistant has improved with far less false activations. 7 / 8

  • The Cortana voice assistant no longer exists in Xbox consoles. 8 / 8