Link: How to turn off AI tools

[sonia]

Whether it's the environmental destruction, the extraction of private information into the public soup of things AI might spit out, or the fake and/or wrong answers, there are a lot of reasons to turn AI off.

Consumer Reports: How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More by Thomas Germain.

Even if you've done this already, it's worth taking a look, because the people pushing AI use trickery to keep turning it on after people wisely opt out.

Comments

[muccamukk]

Have you seen one for how to turn it off on a google pixel? It's so annoying.

[sonia]

I found a couple of links. Let me know if they're helpful and I can add them to the post.
https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-turn-off-annoying-ai-features-google-pixel-phone/

This one is similar, but talks about uninstalling Gemini at the end.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-remove-or-disable-ai-from-your-pixel-phone/

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks — it’s usefully basic enough for the people most DW folks do tech support for.

And it’s frustrating that some tools don’t permit us to turn AI off altogether.

[sonia]

I'm glad it's a useful link! And yeah, the whole thing is so disheartening. It's like people are *trying* to find ways to burn up our one and only lovely planet.

[silveradept]

Definitely one to spread around, with how much the AI companies want to ensure that they can use your data.

[sonia]

Thanks for boosting it!