Atlassian will now use your work data to train its AI — here's what that means for your privacy

Atlassian (maker of Jira, Confluence, and other workplace software used by millions) announced it will collect customer metadata and in-app activity to train its internal AI models, unless users explicitly opt out.

The company says it will exclude sensitive data like passwords and personal information, but will retain things like project names, code snippets, and how teams structure their work — the patterns that make AI training valuable but also expose how your company actually operates.

For Atlassian users: your team's work habits and project data now feed into the AI features Atlassian ships (like auto-summaries or code suggestions), which means those features improve faster, but also means you've lost control over one more stream of your operational data unless you actively disable it in settings.