wtrmt, 5 months ago

This is a good short story happening at this very moment: a lonely guy in Seattle is playing with ChatGPT, and suddenly the intimate details of a messy divorce in NY begin to appear as the results of his prompts. Over the following months, he stalks the divorcee asking the chatbot for more specific details. #CarelessInAIttle #youveGotnAiled #ItsJustAnEdgeCase #AItopia @hankg @annaleen

v_d_richards, 5 months ago

@hankg I am so tired of this AI shit. It is consuming everything.
i thought that only ppl i allow get my data from dropBox, not OpenAi of all places.

Next when you buy a phone you have to opt out to share you private pictures that are stored on your device

tanquist, 5 months ago

@hankg
#DropBox either completely deleted the #AI option, or maybe added it to "Early access - Get access to products and features that Dropbox is still testing and evaluating..." I turned the option off as soon as I found out about it, but now it is no longer there. I'm going to see if I can transfer everything to #NextCloud.

jantheowassink, 5 months ago

@hankg Drop Box y'all

svenja, 5 months ago

@phranck @hankg I can't even find where the Setting should be that I have to turn off now.

hankg, 5 months ago

@phranck @svenja I can't find it any more either. IIRC under "Settings" the last tab was "AI" or something (right after "Sharing"). The toggle switch was in there.

svenja, 5 months ago

@hankg there is no AI Tab on my end. @phranck

StefanKarstens, 5 months ago

@svenja @hankg @phranck As far as I understand, this "ai-function" of Dropbox is not available within the EU & UK. Presumably because it conflicts with the GDPR.

https://www.webpronews.com/dropbox-shares-your-files-with-openai/

svenja, 5 months ago

@StefanKarstens that would explain it. @hankg @phranck

ShibaBotJason, 5 months ago

@hankg If anyone is looking for an alternative, Nextcloud is a good option. I found a web provider that will let you register your own domain and has scripts to auto install Nextcloud. I think it costs me less than $40/yr.

Cloudamo.com

hankg, 5 months ago

@ShibaBotJason I’ll check it out. Thanks! pCloud was what I had the most affinity for after some initial research. Many of the options don’t have Linux clients which is a dealbreaker for me.

ShibaBotJason, 5 months ago

@hankg I run the Nextcloud app on my Linux Mint desktop and also on a MacBook and android phone. It has issues sometimes but works well mostly.

bluegreenandfree, 5 months ago

@hankg News of this convinced me to give up Dropbox for good. I hadn't even heard of the opt-out shenanigans yet.

hankg, 5 months ago

@bluegreenandfree Yeah under settings you can turn it off. I would be okay with it if it was opt-in not opt-out. I have no desire to send any of my data to OpenAI.