CaraAbout: Cara aims to be a creators-first social media platform that connects artists with clients, fans, and industry peers. They are committed to providing AI content filtering and tools that emphasize simplicity and ease of use while supporting artists with features they need to connect with communities and clients for their work.
From their website: "Cara is a social media and portfolio platform for artists. With the widespread use of generative AI, we decided to build a place that filters out generative AI images so that people who want to find authentic creatives and artwork can do so easily.
Many platforms currently accept AI art when it’s not ethical, while others have promised “no AI forever” policies without consideration for the scenario where adoption of such technologies may happen at the workplace in the coming years.
The future of creative industries requires nuanced understanding and support to help artists and companies connect and work together. We want to bridge the gap and build a platform that we would enjoy using as creatives ourselves.
Our stance on AI: We do not agree with generative AI tools in their current unethical form, and we won’t host AI-generated portfolios unless the rampant ethical and data privacy issues around datasets are resolved via regulation. In the event that legislation is passed to clearly protect artists, we believe that AI-generated content should always be clearly labeled, because the public should always be able to search for human-made art and media easily."
Adobe Creative Cloud AI Training
Adobe explains on its website that the company "may analyze your Creative Cloud or Document Cloud content to provide product features and improve and develop our products and services." The scanned data may include images, audio files, video, text, or other documents stored in Creative Cloud or synchronized between devices.
Adobe says that the analysis only runs "on content processed or stored on Adobe's servers," so in theory, editing local Photoshop files or using Lightroom Classic with a local library shouldn't result in your images being scanned.
How to Turn Off Content Analysis
Go to account.adobe.com/privacy in your web browser -- if you're not logged in already, Adobe's site will ask you to do that first. Then scroll down to "Content analysis" and set the switch to "Off."
Adapted from HowToGeek.
You can also view Adobe's Privacy Center page, which provides links to what data they are collecting on each of their platforms, and how to change your preferences.
Here's a page on how to turn off the generative AI features in Adobe Acrobat.
You have the right to opt out of AI training when using platforms implementing AI.
If you have a Facebook account:
1. Log in to your account. You can access the new privacy policy by following this link. At the very top of the page, you should see a box that says “Learn more about your right to object.” Click on that link, or here.
Alternatively, you can click on your account icon at the top right-hand corner. Select “Settings and privacy” and then “Privacy center.” On the left-hand side you will see a drop-down menu labeled “How Meta uses information for generative AI models and features.” Click on that, and scroll down. Then click on “Right to object.”
2. Fill in the form with your information. The form requires you to explain how Meta’s data processing affects you. I was successful in my request by simply stating that I wished to exercise my right under data protection law to object to my personal data being processed. You will likely have to confirm your email address.
3. You should soon receive both an email and a notification on your Facebook account confirming if your request has been successful. I received mine a minute after submitting the request.
If you have an Instagram account:
1. Log in to your account. Go to your profile page, and click on the three lines at the top-right corner. Click on “Settings and privacy.”
2. Scroll down to the “More info and support” section, and click “About.” Then click on “Privacy policy.” At the very top of the page, you should see a box that says “Learn more about your right to object.” Click on that link, or here.
3. Repeat steps 2 and 3 as above.
From MIT's Technology Review.