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Social media platforms are using what you create to train artificial intelligence. Here’s how to opt out.

 

OpenAI has claimed that creating ChatGPT would have been impossible without using copyrighted works. LinkedIn is using user resumes to enhance its artificial intelligence model, and Snapchat warns that if you use a certain AI feature, it might put your face in an ad.

These days, people’s social media posts—not just what they write, but also their images—are increasingly being used by companies to train their AI systems, whether users realize it or not.

For companies running AI models, social media platforms offer valuable data. What’s shared there is conversational, which is something AI chatbots consistently strive to achieve. Social media posts also include human slang that can be useful for these tools. Additionally, news feeds are generally a source of real-time information.