I don't know who needs to know, but:

#Ingram lets #Authors opt out of selling their #books to AI companies:

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/99453-ingram-offers-to-not-sell-books-to-ai-companies.html

Opt-out form: https://www.ingramcontent.com/page/ai-opt-out

This is only for #print books since AI companies are now buying print books to scan to legally use the content for #LLM training under "fair use."

#AI #AICompany #Publishers #Copyright #OptOut

MakeUseOf: I stopped my data from being used to train AI (you might want to too). “Copyright laws are tipped in favor of AI companies because, so far, the onus is on users to ‘opt out’ of their personal data, chats, and creative work being used to train AI models. Opting out won’t remove work from a dataset that’s already been used to train AI models, but it could prevent it in the future. […]

How can we design for easier attendee participation? By modeling participation, creating a safe event environment, and making participation optional.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2017/03/three-ways-to-make-it-easier-for-attendees-to-participate

#meetings #EventDesign #improvement #participation #modeling #safety #OptOut #eventprofs

"You're now using Gemini on your iOS device."
Da heck!?
I didn't opt in to this. Now I have to spend more time figuring out how to remove something I didn't ask for!

#AI #OptOut

Today is Install A New Browser Day with Tech Reclaimers! Join us to #reclaimtech #optout

If you are still on Chrome, take baby steps by installing Firefox and moving your bookmarks and passwords over. You will be amazed how quick and easy it is to reclaim control and experience some freedom of choice! Then follow these steps to secure your new browser https://www.optoutproject.net/day-seven/#mcetoc_1ih1ustidcrr and https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

If you are on Firefox or already far beyond Firefox-- great! Why not try out a new browser? I have about 14 of them lying around, earmarked for various activities. I use different ones to keep my online activities separate, or to choose the right one for the job (more privacy locked down? more eco-friendly? more optimized for tabs? only works on Chrome or Safari or Edge?). If you've already got Opera or Vivaldi or DuckDuckGo, may I recommend lesser-known ones like Avast, Colibri, Ecosia, Floop or Orion?

On this machine I have:

Firefox
DuckDuckGo
Safari
Tor
Opera
Orion
LibreWolf
Floorp
Colibri
Brave
Ungoogled Chromium
Avast
Edge (booo, but just in case)

Er, that may be overkill, but I do like giving options a try. It looks like I'm missing Ecosia (I have Vivaldi on another machine ofc) so that's on my list for today!

#Video #Doorbell Advice and Settings for Opting Out of the #Surveillance State

Video #doorbells are handy, but they’re a threat to #privacy. I spoke to experts about why you might ditch your doorbell, and how to safeguard your video.
#optout

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-secure-your-video-doorbell/

#DataBroker #Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses

A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional #Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.
#security #privacy #optout #identity #identitytheft

https://www.wired.com/story/data-broker-breaches-fueled-dollar209-billion-in-identity-theft-losses/

#Firefox 148 Is Now Available for Download with #AI Kill Switch and Other Changes
#Mozilla #Firefox148 adds new settings for AI controls within Firefox's settings area for individually manipulating the AI features available in Firefox. This includes the AI "kill switch" for blocking all new or current AI enhancements in Firefox.
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-148-is-now-available-for-download-with-ai-kill-switch-and-other-changes

I mean I would rather they weren't baking it into the browser, but at least I can #optout (for now)