K SatovOct 22, 2023
John A 
FYI for anyone who uses Dropbox, this perhaps has appeared in your settings and defaulted to "on". You'll probably want to turn it off.
Oct 10, 2023 at 4:11pmWeb
Show threadJohn A Oct 17, 2023

This has circulated farther than I thought it would, so belated notes:

1) From what people have said, it seems like this doesn't show up for free accounts. If you're on a paid plan and it still doesn't, congratulations but I don't know what to tell you.

2) afaik, if you don't see it, you're safe - only paid users have access to the, ah, "privilege" of running their documents through sam altman's plagiarism factory (which definitely won't use your stuff to train their models, they _promised_)

Show threadTwopawOct 23, 2023

@jrallsn I'm glad you clarified it; I can't see the far-right 'AI' option and yeah, mine's just a freebie account. Sad, and worse, fuckery. Defensible and normalized.

This is why we as users network, I think, and how important it is. Thank you for spreading the good word, ami.

Show threadAlkaris  Oct 11, 2023
@jrallsn Even Google Drive will have AI eventually, but also including Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs.
Show threadDeoan / Travis HallOct 11, 2023
@Alkaris @jrallsn
Does your gmail not offer to finish your sentences for you? Does Google Sheets not offer to autofill Maruary as the third month?
Show threadUlrikeOct 14, 2023
@deoan @Alkaris @jrallsn
Incoming text: Happy Birthday!
Suggested reply: You too!
Show threadMaisie SummersOct 14, 2023

@Alkaris @jrallsn

Almost certainly it already is; they're just not telling you about it yet.

Show threadDelta WyeOct 11, 2023
@jrallsn “Work faster in Dropbox using AI”… Riiiiggggghht.
Show threadCiferOct 11, 2023
@jrallsn Interesting. It isn't in my settings so far - I wonder if it's a non-EU thing.
Show threadoscarfalconOct 12, 2023
@Teskariel @jrallsn I don't have it either...
Show threadTakiro 🎨Oct 11, 2023
@jrallsn
You can not opt out of first party AI, though. Same bullshit as with DeviantArt.
Show threadShadow D. Wolf 🏳️‍🌈Oct 11, 2023
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Show threadRoyce WilliamsOct 11, 2023
@jrallsn Interestingly, that option doesn't appear in a free-tier account that I have. Perhaps everyone in the free tier is already "opted in" ... with no UI way to opt out?
Show threadI TRIED TO TELL YOUOct 11, 2023
@tychotithonus @jrallsn I was kind of hoping we in the free tier were unimportant enough to not even warrant this intrusion.
Show threadrm -liningerOct 14, 2023
@tychotithonus @jrallsn the only thing I use Dropbox for is my 1Password 6 sync 🫠
Show threadI TRIED TO TELL YOUOct 11, 2023
@jrallsn doesn't even appear in my personal account.. which is just a free single user thingy.
Show threadBen AvelingOct 11, 2023
@jrallsn Can't see it here. We're in Europe, so maybe that makes a difference? Or maybe they're still rolling it out?
Show threadAlexandre B A Villares 🐍Oct 11, 2023

@jrallsn thanks for sharing!

update: not yet visible in my account!

Show threadClaus AranhaOct 12, 2023
@jrallsn so sneaky of them!
Show threadDavid NashOct 12, 2023
@jrallsn I don’t use Dropbox, but if I did, unless “AI” improves the speed at which I (a) put files into the sync folder, (b) yoink files out of the sync folder, or (c) select various menu options and things like that, I don’t see how it could possibly allow me to work faster in Dropbox.
Show threadbusiness cultistOct 12, 2023
@jrallsn I'm not getting it yet. Any idea who got fast tracked or why?
Show threadColinOct 12, 2023
@jrallsn @chirpbirb mine does not look like that
Show thread~nOct 12, 2023
@jrallsn „is deleted from third-party servers within 30 days.“
wait, what?!
Show threadAlx 🐈Oct 12, 2023
@jrallsn omg, another one! Thank you for sharing!
Show threadDan GoodmanOct 12, 2023
@jrallsn hasn't appeared in mine, maybe region specific?
Show threadMat GaddOct 12, 2023
@jrallsn hmm, is this behind an A/B test, I wonder. I don’t have that option – I’m under GDPR but I see US users in your replies also don’t see it.
Show threadBlechpiratOct 12, 2023
@jrallsn @lenafalkenhagen You should know that.
Show threadCrossbowOct 12, 2023
@jrallsn Hmm... Just checked and not there for me (US).
Show threadPhoto Ewen 📷Oct 12, 2023

@jrallsn

Thanks for the heads up.

Outside the US may not be visible yet, and may not be turned on.

If using non-Pro package the AI 'features' are not active either.

Show threadJW prince of CPHOct 12, 2023

@jrallsn - and if it hasn't turned up yet there may be two reasons:

1. they didn't get to you yet

2. you have the "Early Access" feature switched off (this is a guess)

Show threadResunaOct 15, 2023
@jwcph @jrallsn I have Early Access turned off and don't have this tab.
Show threadJimmy Biscuits 🧻Oct 12, 2023

@jrallsn

Anyone know how to access these settings through the app? Or do you get here on the website only?
I could Google but I’m about to hop on a call okay thanks bye for now

Show threadYingtaiOct 13, 2023

Screenshot of AI settings in Dropbox web interface.

Heading: Personal account.
Selected tab and subheading: Third-party AI.
Switch control: Off.

Text: Use artificial intelligence (AI) from third-party partners so you can work faster in Dropbox. We only use technology partners we have vetted. Your data is never used to train their internal models, and is deleted from third-party servers within 30 days.

#alt4you @jrallsn

Show threadSpacewizard! (Ed H)Oct 14, 2023
@jrallsn no, personal accounts don't have any AI features unless you opt in to "early access". Only then does consent to third party AI become an option.
Show threadJohn-Mark GurneyOct 14, 2023

@jrallsn
Alt text:
Personal account

[Menu bar]

Third-party Al

Use artificial intelligence (Al) from third-party partners so you can work faster in Dropbox. We only use technology partners we have vetted. Your data is never used to train their internal models, and is deleted from third-party servers within 30 days. Learn more

Show threadQuixoticgeekOct 14, 2023
@jrallsn they are phasing it in it seems. I don't have that option yet.
Show threadBill the Galactic HeroOct 14, 2023
@jrallsn I went one step further and deleted #dropbox
Show threadThomasOct 15, 2023
@GalacticHero @jrallsn Sometimes regulating AI makes sense.
Show threadYUMDMOct 14, 2023
@jrallsn How does it make you work faster?
Show threadAndrewOct 14, 2023
@jrallsn what I find strangest about this is that nowhere does it even attempt to tell you what this AI does or is for in anything but the vaguest terms imaginable, just like, hey, you want AI, cause we got AI
Show threadweird hermOct 15, 2023
@andrewt @jrallsn yeah, what is the AI even for!?!
Show threadcultdevOct 14, 2023
@jrallsn i love how vague and handwavey that is
Show threadKeith AmmannOct 15, 2023
@jrallsn I opted to turn Dropbox off instead.
Show threadbison ✅Oct 15, 2023
@jrallsn checked, i am in germany and this setting is not there (yet). Where are you from? I bet it's because of GDPR that this hasn't spawned yet.
Show threadResunaOct 15, 2023
@jrallsn I guess I'm not in the right a-b group for this one.
Show threadLeonardo Ferreira FontenelleOct 15, 2023
@jrallsn there's no such setting for me yet, here in Brazil
Show threadLeftyLaymanOct 18, 2023
@jrallsn do you know if "Slack AI" trains off all slack messages?
Show threadAshtonOct 18, 2023
@jrallsn defaulting stuff like this to on should be a crime, imho.
Show threadSue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱Oct 18, 2023
@jrallsn REGULATION MATTERS... "on by default" everywhere there's not substantial AI regulation
Show threadLapo LuchiniOct 19, 2023
@susankayequinn @jrallsn Because let's just be dicks to people everywhere that's legally allowed, right?