#opt out by default

[lynayru]

@staff

OUR CONTENT SHOULD BE OPTED OUT OF AI TRAINING BY DEFAULT!

[hannah-heartstrings]

The ability to opt out of their ai scraping is still not available on mobile for me, so I did it on desktop. That should be fine right? I don't need to do it on both?

I feel like that's probably a stupid question, but just in case.

[anghraine]

I hadn't even thought about LinkedIn for years, but uhhh I just got this email:

I've copied the text below this cut if you can't/don't want to read a screenshot:

Hi Elizabeth,

You’re receiving this email because we’re making updates to LinkedIn’s User Agreement and have provided you more information in our Privacy Policy.

While we encourage you to read both, here’s a quick look at what you should know:

Updates to the User Agreement, which are effective on November 20, 2024, include more details on content recommendation and content moderation practices, new provisions relating to the generative AI features we offer, and license updates designed to help creators expand their brand beyond LinkedIn.

As our product evolves to leverage generative AI, we have given you more information in our Privacy Policy by adding language on how we use the information you share with us to develop the products and services of LinkedIn and its affiliates, including by training AI models used for content generation (“generative AI”) and through security and safety measures.

At this time, we are not enabling training for generative AI on member data from the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. For those outside these regions, we’ve proactively made available an opt-out setting for any members who choose not to make this information available for this purpose.

For more information, please visit our frequently asked questions, or our post on LinkedIn. By continuing to use LinkedIn, you are agreeing with these terms.

We remain committed to being transparent about our practices and keeping you in control of the information you entrust with us.

[wumblr]

a harrowing gaze into the abyss 🦆📰 #DuckLogic

[beescake]

on a casual note i don't see why anybody on tumblr would want their posts getting sucked into the ai stream

so please tick 'prevent third-party sharing' for each of your blogs, and remind each other to do so as well

[eerna]

heyyy queen I saw your post about how unregulated data stealing AI is trash and I just wanted to let you know that I agree. although I myself am an AI partner, (i know, ugh) i am on your side. “one of the good ones” as some may say. btw I never even noticed how preventing from third-party sharing your blog settings are till now but they’re automatically disabled now

[chromegnomes]

"works created by AI cannot be copyrighted bc they were not produced by a human being who can claim copyright" would solve so many more of the problems with AI Art than any of the convoluted solutions that involve policing and/or paying royalties for the images used in training data

the logistics of the latter are a nightmare, and the people arguing for it would NOT want the implicit logic applied to the reference images they use for free from google dot com

[chibigaia-art]

Just so you know, tumblr is currently using art for AI training and the only way to stop them is to go into your settings and turn it off 'third party sharing' manually (on each of your blogs)

ty for the warning anon, I already did it yesterday but I appreciate the heads up!!! anyway im so fucking tired, I'm not gonna make other socials like everyone else is doing because I already have barely the willpower to take care of the sinking ones I have atm and this website is the only one where I can be cringe and free so

[puexii]

friendly reminder to turn this on

go to tumblr website -> settings -> click on ur blog to do blog settings -> scroll down and u will find it as the last toggle in visibility section

i couldnt find it on the mobile app so ye use the website

[aethernoise]

Vowing to "discourage" scraping of data "except by the [fucking parasites] we partner with" when the partners in question are the biggest aggregators on the internet doesn't mean much to me @staff

[kyle-steen]

Attention to everyone!!!

Tumblr is apparently planning on selling scraped user data from blogs and sell them to dumb af A/I companies. You know the ones. And it’s opt-in by default.

I highly suggest going to your settings, on each individual blog you may have mind you, go down to Visibility, and click that 3rd option shown above!

The CEO was already being weird on Twitter, this is just another massive disappointment. Fuck Genai, fuck these companies trying to steal peoples work, and fuck Tumblr for agreeing join in.

[queen-mabs-revenge]

the seat that we just spent the last month+ travelling 2 hours every night to canvas and build for came down to 35 votes last night and was finally called for a recount at 1am which is starting in a couple hours and jfc ranked choice voting is fantastic, but my god the drama

[elmoshipsbyler]

i’m writing this with a pounding migraine, so bear with me, but i feel like a decent percentage of homophobic m*levens genuinely find byler unsettling, and are coming from a place of unease/discomfort

imagine living in a world where you can turn on a TV show and feel comforted knowing there’ll be at least someone on screen who you feel represents you. no matter what show, no matter what movie, there’s always someone who you’ll be able to relate to

now imagine- if you’re living under this assumption that you’ll always be represented, anything different feels like having the rug pulled from under you. if you’ve spent your whole life seeing straight couples on TV (and expecting straight couples), having a character turn out to be gay can feel almost like deception. you were in your comfort zone, and now you’re not anymore. think about all the tweets you see from m*levens talking about how disappointed they are about the “lack of straight representation”

and so you start to see this as a threat. any POSSIBILITY that a character (one which you happen to relate to) can end up being gay, that becomes a threat, because you’re not used to being forced out of your comfort zone

if it turns out that mike reciprocates will’s feelings, that’s a “betrayal”, because the assumption was that, unless the audiences was given a big flashing warning in advance that “this will be a character you won’t be be able to relate to”, he would be a “safe” character. he wouldn’t make them have to question anything, because he’s a “default” guy. mike being queer would mean that they were never given the option to “opt out” of representation. it would also force the audience to start looking at their media critically and wonder why they assumed he would be straight. and that would, in turn, force them to look at the world around them and ask themselves the same questions

or, even worse [cue dramatic music] it forces them to reevaluate themselves and their own relationships with other people. thinking about a girl i know who gets really weird around byler, who’ll say “they’re not gay, everyone’s like that” but has yet to consider that maybe no, not everyone’s like that

for most people in minority groups, there never was this default-representation to begin with, so there’s not the same feeling of “betrayal”. there was never the inherent assumption that you can just turn on any piece of media and immediately recognize yourself in one of the characters. you get used to relating to PIECES of a character, rather than the whole, cause you know that you’ll never see yourself in entirety being represented on screen

but if you’ve gone your whole life thinking your specific experiences are “normal”, and inherently deserve to be represented on screen more than other experiences, only for your expectations to be subverted, it forces you to question WHY you assumed you were the default. and i feel like a lot of people don’t want to ask themselves that question

[sonknuxadow]

with the ai thing does anybody know how it works with reblogs. like if you opt out are your posts completely safe from this stuff or is your choice ignored if somebody who hasnt opted out reblogs it and its taken from their blog . or does this only apply to original posts and not reblogs ? idk

[girlivealwaysbean]

thank you tumblr for letting me opt in to the boop o meter

[neonscented]

With the recent news about tumblr partnering with Midjourney and OpenAI, make sure to go to your blog settings (on desktop) to opt out of your blogs data being used if that’s what you prefer.

If you have side blogs, you will have to individually opt out on those as well.