I know I'm probably very digital minded, but I can wholeheartedly recommend Obsidian (obsidian.md). That's where I keep everything about my books, from outline to characters to expertly hand-drawn maps. If you use the linking feature, you even get a pretty cool graph view of your story.

Good to see our corgi isn't the only one who enjoys a good roll on the grass.

Grateful for any hints on battle strategies.

That is awfully early!

Not a chance! Once one of the lazy humans is up, it's time for a walk.

Funny, that's not terribly far from the skin color of my next main character...

Perhaps using an alternative like LibreOffice, NextCloud (instead of OneDrive) or Scrivener (not OpenSource, though) is more suitable for you, then :)?
I personally never got warm with LibreOffice and never tried Scrivener, but heard a lot of good about it.

Absolutely. To be honest, generally, I don't trust corporations the size of Microsoft farther than I can throw them.
My (badly worded) point was that the same scrutiny can also be applied to all of MS Office. If they want to train AI, they can just do so, regardless of the connected experiences.

Sure, feel free to turn off anything you don't need or want - I certainly didn't want to stop you :)

Here's a list with the connected services. They do appear to be of some - very limited - use. There's also a page explaining the data usage.
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...

- The vast and confusing landscape of EULA and Privacy agreements probably would allow Microsoft to train models on your content - regardless of "connected experiences", just by using word or OneDrive (not a lawyer, though)

AI training is a difficult topic, and I'm looking forward to emerging laws.

While the rumor that "connected experiences" do train AI models on your content have emerged recently, I have yet to see any actual sources for this.
Two facts are certain:
- "connected experiences" have been around for years, longer than the current AI hype

Haha, kung fu fights as consequences sounds awesome!