How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI

If you've ever posted something to the internet--a pithy tweet, a 2009 blog post, a scornful review, or a selfie on Instagram--it has most likely been slurped up and used to help train the current wave of generative AI. Large language models, like ChatGPT, and image creators are powered by vast reams of our data. And even if it's not powering a chatbot, the data can be used for other machine-learning features. On top of this, increasingly, firms with reams of people's posts are looking to get in on the AI gold rush by selling or licensing that information. However, as the lawsuits and investigations around generative AI and its opaque data practices pile up, there have been small moves to give people more control over what happens to what they post online.