Your data is probably training AI; he built a tool to automate opt-out requests
Thin_Rush8229 · reddit · 2026-08-23
The author surveys AI training privacy: the UK's ICO says generative AI training involves vast personal data, with web-scraped datasets potentially covering billions of unaware people; research shows neural nets can memorize names and IDs appearing just once in training, and someone posting about a 2020 doctor visit likely never expected it to be scraped years later. Newer work suggests PII memorisation claims may be overstated, but every AI company has a different, shifting opt-out process. So the author built Don't Train Me (donttrainme.com) to automate and periodically resubmit opt-out requests; early stage, seeking feedback on whether people actually care.
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