As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content. www.wired.com/story/meta-n...
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
www.wired.com
July 7, 2026 at 10:02 PM
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content. www.wired.com/story/meta-n...
sharks I have a new business model where I get to steal everyone's money unless they opt out
September 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
sharks I have a new business model where I get to steal everyone's money unless they opt out
Heads up GitHub users. You have less than a month left to opt out of "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training".
"On April 24 we'll start using GitHub Copilot interaction data for AI model training unless you opt out." github.com/settings/cop...
"On April 24 we'll start using GitHub Copilot interaction data for AI model training unless you opt out." github.com/settings/cop...
April 5, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Heads up GitHub users. You have less than a month left to opt out of "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training".
"On April 24 we'll start using GitHub Copilot interaction data for AI model training unless you opt out." github.com/settings/cop...
"On April 24 we'll start using GitHub Copilot interaction data for AI model training unless you opt out." github.com/settings/cop...
Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it.
www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...
www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...
www.thatprivacyguy.com
May 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it.
www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...
www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...
1/4 Well look at that. Open Ai and Google outright reject “Opt-Out” models, hell they even reject basic transparency requirements.
AI companies demand they get everything, including our Intellectual Property, for free, and without anyone ever being able to tell the companies no.
AI companies demand they get everything, including our Intellectual Property, for free, and without anyone ever being able to tell the companies no.
AI giants reject government’s approach to solving copyright row
OpenAI and Google have objected to Labour’s proposed opt-out model and pushed for broader exemptions to let AI software use copyrighted material free
www.thetimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
1/4 Well look at that. Open Ai and Google outright reject “Opt-Out” models, hell they even reject basic transparency requirements.
AI companies demand they get everything, including our Intellectual Property, for free, and without anyone ever being able to tell the companies no.
AI companies demand they get everything, including our Intellectual Property, for free, and without anyone ever being able to tell the companies no.
OPT OUT & say NO to #GitHub using your interaction data to train & improve its AI models. 🚨
GitHub is the next company to choose to opt you into having your data used - by default. 🚩
Opt out in Settings -> Copilot -> Features.
Under "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" → Disabled.
GitHub is the next company to choose to opt you into having your data used - by default. 🚩
Opt out in Settings -> Copilot -> Features.
Under "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" → Disabled.
April 2, 2026 at 8:26 AM
OPT OUT & say NO to #GitHub using your interaction data to train & improve its AI models. 🚨
GitHub is the next company to choose to opt you into having your data used - by default. 🚩
Opt out in Settings -> Copilot -> Features.
Under "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" → Disabled.
GitHub is the next company to choose to opt you into having your data used - by default. 🚩
Opt out in Settings -> Copilot -> Features.
Under "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" → Disabled.
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
wrd.cm
July 11, 2026 at 10:10 PM
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device
❌ No consent
❌ No opt-in
❌ No real opt-out for regular users
This isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
➡️ Read more: www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...
❌ No consent
❌ No opt-in
❌ No real opt-out for regular users
This isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
➡️ Read more: www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...
May 5, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model on your device
❌ No consent
❌ No opt-in
❌ No real opt-out for regular users
This isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
➡️ Read more: www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...
❌ No consent
❌ No opt-in
❌ No real opt-out for regular users
This isn’t a small experiment & it’s on billions of devices.
➡️ Read more: www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...
... even if the AI model is designed to compete with the creators whose work is trained on. This would make the UK one of the most punitive jurisdictions for creators in the world.
- Rights holders can 'reserve their rights', i.e. opt out. But opt-outs don't work...
7/10
- Rights holders can 'reserve their rights', i.e. opt out. But opt-outs don't work...
7/10
December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
... even if the AI model is designed to compete with the creators whose work is trained on. This would make the UK one of the most punitive jurisdictions for creators in the world.
- Rights holders can 'reserve their rights', i.e. opt out. But opt-outs don't work...
7/10
- Rights holders can 'reserve their rights', i.e. opt out. But opt-outs don't work...
7/10
Every artist and animator should know, OpenAI has deemed your work fair game to feed to SORA unless you use their "Opt-Out form".. That they claim exists, but doesn't appear to exist. We need new ways to fight for our creative rights - www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/openai-...
OpenAI Unveils Opt-Out Policy For Its Sora Video Generator
OpenAI has revealed it will freely incorporate copyrighted material into its Sora model unless rights holders formally opt out.
www.cartoonbrew.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Every artist and animator should know, OpenAI has deemed your work fair game to feed to SORA unless you use their "Opt-Out form".. That they claim exists, but doesn't appear to exist. We need new ways to fight for our creative rights - www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/openai-...
Fuck Meta
www.wired.com/story/meta-n...
www.wired.com/story/meta-n...
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
www.wired.com
July 8, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Fuck Meta
www.wired.com/story/meta-n...
www.wired.com/story/meta-n...
This is just so rage-inducing. www.wired.com/story/meta-n...
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
www.wired.com
July 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
This is just so rage-inducing. www.wired.com/story/meta-n...
Even when you hand them everything, those fucks scream at you for the plate not being silver. Another good reason to stick with real creativity.
April 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Even when you hand them everything, those fucks scream at you for the plate not being silver. Another good reason to stick with real creativity.
All artists need to know: OpenAI’s new Sora video generator will use copyrighted work by default unless rights holders opt out. Artists and studios may need to act to protect their creations.
www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/openai-...
www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/openai-...
OpenAI Unveils Opt-Out Policy For Its Sora Video Generator
OpenAI has revealed it will freely incorporate copyrighted material into its Sora model unless rights holders formally opt out.
www.cartoonbrew.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
All artists need to know: OpenAI’s new Sora video generator will use copyrighted work by default unless rights holders opt out. Artists and studios may need to act to protect their creations.
www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/openai-...
www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/openai-...
“As part of this update, public Instagram profiles are now automatically opted into being fodder for generative AI remixes. All someone has to do is tag your account’s profile in a prompt—if it’s public—and they can use Meta AI to generate an image using your likeness.”
Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
www.wired.com
July 7, 2026 at 10:36 PM
“As part of this update, public Instagram profiles are now automatically opted into being fodder for generative AI remixes. All someone has to do is tag your account’s profile in a prompt—if it’s public—and they can use Meta AI to generate an image using your likeness.”
Google Chrome is now silently pushing a 4GB AI model (Gemini Nano) to your local disk without asking. No opt-in, no notice, and it re-downloads even if you delete it.
Beyond the lack of consent, the estimated climate cost of forcing this on 2B+ users is massive.
Beyond the lack of consent, the estimated climate cost of forcing this on 2B+ users is massive.
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...
www.thatprivacyguy.com
May 9, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Google Chrome is now silently pushing a 4GB AI model (Gemini Nano) to your local disk without asking. No opt-in, no notice, and it re-downloads even if you delete it.
Beyond the lack of consent, the estimated climate cost of forcing this on 2B+ users is massive.
Beyond the lack of consent, the estimated climate cost of forcing this on 2B+ users is massive.
So the idea that you can't train large language model "AI"s w/o copyrighted materials is a) bullshit, & b) a very subtle deflection from the point.
Consent, compensation, & control of one's works have always been the point. Ask permission, compensate fairly, & let people opt out whenever they want
Consent, compensation, & control of one's works have always been the point. Ask permission, compensate fairly, & let people opt out whenever they want
January 8, 2024 at 3:26 PM
So the idea that you can't train large language model "AI"s w/o copyrighted materials is a) bullshit, & b) a very subtle deflection from the point.
Consent, compensation, & control of one's works have always been the point. Ask permission, compensate fairly, & let people opt out whenever they want
Consent, compensation, & control of one's works have always been the point. Ask permission, compensate fairly, & let people opt out whenever they want
Nope, AI models should be opt-in only. Opt out gives them too much time to already include your data in the model, and even if you switch it off, they aren’t going to take it out.
May 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Nope, AI models should be opt-in only. Opt out gives them too much time to already include your data in the model, and even if you switch it off, they aren’t going to take it out.
Nice analysis of the climate costs of Chrome pushing a 4GB Geminin nano to people's devices. Even just looking purely at the download (ignoring inference, re-downloads etc) it's substantial (not sure it's 'insane'), and shows the Google is just kinda doing stuff pretty thoughtlessly
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...
www.thatprivacyguy.com
May 10, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Nice analysis of the climate costs of Chrome pushing a 4GB Geminin nano to people's devices. Even just looking purely at the download (ignoring inference, re-downloads etc) it's substantial (not sure it's 'insane'), and shows the Google is just kinda doing stuff pretty thoughtlessly
darth, i am going to give people kicking lessons by walking up to them and punting them in the crotch as hard as possible, this is an “opt out” model and i am excited to see the public’s response
September 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
darth, i am going to give people kicking lessons by walking up to them and punting them in the crotch as hard as possible, this is an “opt out” model and i am excited to see the public’s response
Google Chrome now installs a 4GB AI model onto your computer, which you cannot remove. This is illegal in Europe and the UK.
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...
www.thatprivacyguy.com
May 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Google Chrome now installs a 4GB AI model onto your computer, which you cannot remove. This is illegal in Europe and the UK.
yeah I do think change kinda goes down smoother if you to let people passively somewhat opt out of it in ways that don't actively hurt others. but the Fox News outrage bait business model strained this safety valve and social media broke it. don't know how to fix that.
July 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
yeah I do think change kinda goes down smoother if you to let people passively somewhat opt out of it in ways that don't actively hurt others. but the Fox News outrage bait business model strained this safety valve and social media broke it. don't know how to fix that.
(my actual factual opinion on AI is going to remain: you don't get to steal other people's work and then charge for it, you skeezy ass motherfuckers.
since I don't have time to deep dive every single model to see if they trained it ethically, I opt out until we've resolved this situation.)
since I don't have time to deep dive every single model to see if they trained it ethically, I opt out until we've resolved this situation.)
April 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
(my actual factual opinion on AI is going to remain: you don't get to steal other people's work and then charge for it, you skeezy ass motherfuckers.
since I don't have time to deep dive every single model to see if they trained it ethically, I opt out until we've resolved this situation.)
since I don't have time to deep dive every single model to see if they trained it ethically, I opt out until we've resolved this situation.)
anyways nightshade seems cool
Nightshade: Protecting Copyright
Since their arrival, generative AI models and their trainers have demonstrated their ability to download any online content for model training. For content owners and creators, few tools can prevent their content from being fed into a generative AI model against their will. Opt-out lists have been disregarded by model trainers in the past, and can be easily ignored with zero consequences. They are unverifiable and unenforceable, and those who violate opt-out lists and do-not-scrape directives can not be identified with high confidence.
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu
October 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
anyways nightshade seems cool