“Inputs will be collected, used and retained by Walmart in order to answer questions and inquiries from you as well as other users, to help improve how the Generative AI Features operate, and for the other purposes described in Walmart's Privacy Policy.”
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User inputs are not limited to answering only the submitting user's questions but may also be used to respond to other users and to train or improve the AI system, expanding the scope of data use beyond the immediate interaction.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim captures all three stated purposes. The Privacy Policy is referenced but not quoted, so its additional purposes cannot be characterized here.
Anything a user submits as input to Walmart's Generative AI Features may be collected, retained, used to answer other users' questions, used to improve the AI, and used for additional purposes defined externally in Walmart's Privacy Policy.
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we may combine Personal Information that we collect (as described above) with information from other sources and use the combined information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
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"Inputs will be collected, used and retained by Walmart in order to answer questions and inquiries from you as well as other users, to help improve how the Generative AI Features operate, and for the other purposes described in Walmart's Privacy Policy.Excerpt from Walmart's Terms of Use
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User inputs are not limited to answering only the submitting user's questions but may also be used to respond to other users and to train or improve the AI system, expanding the scope of data use beyond the immediate interaction.
Anything a user submits as input to Walmart's Generative AI Features may be collected, retained, used to answer other users' questions, used to improve the AI, and used for additional purposes defined externally in Walmart's Privacy Policy.
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