How to Disable Use of Your Posts, Comments, Conversations and Photos from AI Data Training
"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used .. for training AI!"
These days every popular online service collects data for training their own AI by default. If you feel uncomfortable in providing your data for AI, ther is a way to opt out! See the list of the popular services and instructions on how to opt out:
You can disable using your data for AI training on this page. Note: If you don't see this option and you are located in the European Union, it means your data is not being used due to your location and because of European Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) adopted in 2024.
Meta (Facebook and Instagram)
There is no off switch but you may send a request through this form.
X (aka Twitter)
You can disable use of your data for training Grok AI model on this page.
Open AI ChatGPT
IMPORTANT: If you use the service without logging in, then your inputs and outputs are collected and used for AI training by default.
- Login with your account at https://chatgpt.com, and click on your profile icon (right-top icon).
- Choose settings.
- Then select "Data Controls", then "Improve the model for everyone" and set to "Off"
Anthropic Claude
IMPORTANT: If you use the service without logging in, then your inputs and outputs are collected and used for AI training by default.
No separate switch to turn off using your data for AI training. Also, Anthropic currently (as of September 2024) says that "Anthropic may not train models on Customer Content from paid Services." if you use their paid product (see their commercial terms).
Also, Anthropic reserves the right to store your input and output from 2 to 7 years in case it was automatically flagged by their trust and safety classifiers as violating Anthropic's Usage Policy. More information here.
If you delete a conversation then Anthropic automatically deletes user prompts and outputs on its backend within 30 days, unless you submit a separate data deletion request. More information here.
Perplexity AI
IMPORTANT: If you use the service without logging in, then your inputs and outputs are collected and used for AI training by default.
Go to Perplexity AI settings and turn off the "AI Data Retention" switch.
IMPORTANT: If you use the service without logging in, then your inputs and outputs are collected and used for AI training by default.
Reddit does not have a separate switch to exclude your data from AI training. According to Reddit's Terms of Use, by using Reddit you provide them with "...worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, prepare derivative works of, distribute, store, perform, and display Your Content and any name, username, voice, or likeness provided in connection with Your Content in all media formats and channels now known or later developed anywhere in the world. This license includes the right for us to make Your Content available for syndication, broadcast, distribution, or publication by other companies, organizations, or individuals who partner with Reddit."
Reddit is licensing user data to third parties that may use your data to train AI (source).
However, you may remove your posts and comments if required through this page.
Do You Need To Protect Your Website from AI?
In many cases, if you are running a commercial website to promote your business or sell things, or providing a service, you may want to allow your website to be indexed by AI search engines so regular users could easily discover your website via AI when needed.
However, if you are running a website where you publish your own content that you want to be exclusively available and known through your website, then you may want to disallow bots that are collecting data for AI from reading and extracting data from your website. We've created this free tool that allows you to quickly create a special file (robots.txt) that disallows AI from reading and learning from your website.