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The UK has imposed legal guardrails requiring Google to allow publishers to opt out of AI search features like AI Overviews and AI Mode, giving publishers control over their content in generative AI search results.
Meta scales back its plan to track employees' keyboard and mouse activity for AI training after internal backlash; workers can now pause data collection for up to 30 minutes or request exemptions.
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has ruled that Google must allow publishers to opt out of AI Search features like AI Overviews and prevent their content from being used to fine-tune Google's AI models, marking a world-first regulatory move.
A report from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) reveals that major data brokers and AI companies, including Google, Meta, and OpenAI, use deceptive design patterns in opt-out forms that prevent consumers from effectively opting out of data sale and sharing.
University of Washington researchers planned to have preschool teachers wear cameras to record classrooms for AI model training, but shelved the project after parent backlash over the opt-out consent model.
An open-source macOS tool that automates opting out from 500+ data broker sites, with CAPTCHA solving and monthly scheduling.