More and more websites are using your info to train their artificial intelligence. And not everyone wants that. So I am frequently asked: What I can do about it? Am I allowed to opt out of AI?
It depends on the company:
LinkedIn just opted everyone in to their AI program. Everything you post on LinkedIn will now be used to train their artifical intelligence programs. But they did provide each user with a way to switch it off. If you want to opt out of this, visit this link and turn “Data for Generative AI Improvement” off.
Adobe
Adobe also uses the content you store in their Creative Cloud and Document Cloud spaces to improve their generative AI models. They do not use files stored locally (on your computer). If you want to opt out of their use of your Creative Cloud data, sign in to your account at this Adobe site, and turn off “Content Analysis for product improvement.”
Can you opt out of Facebook‘s AI training? In the USA, no, not really. But there is a lot of misinformation circulating about this. Some social media posts (on Facebook, TikTok and more) claim that you can go to a particular Facebook page and submit a request…
But those requests amount to nothing, at least for North Americans. In other countries, where there are better consumer protection laws, Facebook may heed those requests. But in the USA, Meta is very clear that they will do whatever they want with our data, so long as it is legally permitted.
If you do not want your data to train Meta/Facebook’s AI, delete it from the site or don’t post it there in the first place.
Other Sites
Every website may or may not give you a way to opt out of training their AI. If I discover other big-name websites that make it easy to opt out of, I will add the details to this post!
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