PSA Everyone who uses Canva: they have opted you in to training AI, you will need to get into your privacy settings to stop these assholes scraping your stuff. #WritingCommunity - ThreadSky

mcburnellauthor.bsky.social • 206 days ago

PSA Everyone who uses Canva: they have opted you in to training AI, you will need to get into your privacy settings to stop these assholes scraping your stuff.
#WritingCommunity

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ghostmothhq.bsky.social•206 days ago

I'm not *currently* suffering from this, but there does look like they want to roll it out soon. Disclosure: I have a paid account, so I'm wondering if they've put it by default onto free accounts first?

ghostmothhq.bsky.social•206 days ago

Ugh! Why can't we just have nice things without it being ruined by AI training??

nanners-annie.bsky.social•206 days ago

Just checked and on my account it says that this feature is "coming soon" so I guess I will just keep an eye on that for now. Thanks for the heads up!

bethstilborn.bsky.social•206 days ago

Did you actually check your privacy settings? It was there on mine.

nanners-annie.bsky.social•206 days ago

I did, all the ones relating to AI were unchecked and greyed out with the notice beneath them

ndesilva-author.bsky.social•206 days ago

Also, public posts on instagram/FB 😬

ndesilva-author.bsky.social•206 days ago

OMG thank you so much for bringing this to my attention! Just updated my Canva privacy settings. I never would’ve otherwise. But now I’m going to check the privacy/AI settings of other apps too

mikecardenauthor.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thank you. Much appreciated.

izaroxues.bsky.social•206 days ago

📌

awoodley.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thank you.
There were a couple of other dodgy things turned on too (to do with ads & 3rd party something or other). 😊
All off now, so many thanks.

emory-f8.bsky.social•206 days ago

Also, it can't be turned off yet.

emory-f8.bsky.social•206 days ago

Use Lightworks instead. It's free and way more powerful.

I stopped using Canva once they started flagging copyrighted music, in an attempt to force you into their crappy sound library...which they will then use to claim your ad revenue. They sold out hard.
#Canva

crazedcat.bsky.social•206 days ago

Boycott them.

crazedcat.bsky.social•206 days ago

Who knows if those privacy settings really work.

scholarbarbie.bsky.social•206 days ago

📌

bookishbritney.bsky.social•206 days ago

@gabibooksit.bsky.social Not sure if you knew about this or not.

gabibooksit.bsky.social•206 days ago

Immediately changed my settings. Grubby little corporate paws can stay off my stuff!

alexamilneauthor.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thanks - easily sorted now.

goaliecat.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thank you for the heads up - opting out now!

mcburnellauthor.bsky.social•206 days ago

YW!

ckbook.bsky.social•206 days ago

Convey Island blease I need to create my av presentation 4 a drs appt on a phone Is Decameron octogram doctoral kind of situation.. by the way of Dante and Proust…

idiorhythmic.bsky.social•206 days ago

Ugh. Thanks for the head's up.

mcburnellauthor.bsky.social•206 days ago

YW. It's exhausting keeping up with the constant barrage, but that's not going to stop me opting out endlessly.

delicatezine.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thanks for that heads up — I hadn’t checked my privacy settings in months.

stephanieoutside.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thank you for the heads-up!

shdubis.bsky.social•203 days ago

Even the free version?

mcburnellauthor.bsky.social•201 days ago

Yes. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you.

shdubis.bsky.social•199 days ago

I’m glad people are paying attention to this and sharing. I don’t get on there often. Thanks again!

askaufman.bsky.social•206 days ago

Ugh, thank you for the PSA!

rbbrannagh.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thank you for this! I had no idea. Changed it immediately.

forthewhen.com•204 days ago

Can we even escape it at this point?

mcburnellauthor.bsky.social•204 days ago

Well they certainly want us to think we can't. Adobe is on record saying artists 'need to get over it' and start using AI like they want us to. I'm personally going to make them prove that to me. 🤷‍♂️

forthewhen.com•204 days ago

I’m with you. There’s something empty about things created with AI we see when we read it and the art it makes looks too… perfect. The AI divide is the next big thing I feel like

amberdreaming.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thanks!

tebbs.bsky.social•206 days ago

Hmmm, my team use it for marketing. But their marketing design resources are bad, I might just not tell them. Maybe it'll be a detriment to the machine learning.

lizxp.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thank you for sharing this information!

peregrinekate.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thank you.

wordperv.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thank you!! Checking my settings now!

susielindau.bsky.social•205 days ago

Thanks!

mollynesbitt.com•206 days ago

Thank you for bringing this to our attention! Just turned mine off.

mcburnellauthor.bsky.social•206 days ago

Glad I could help! To hell with these guys and their 'surrender to the inevitable' energy.

mollynesbitt.com•206 days ago

Yep. I will not go quietly into that energy. My creativity is not for them to learn from.

offerkuban.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thank you! Just fixed up my Settings. Cheers!

dna50505.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thank you so much!!!

Just toggled it off.

I appreciate your post!

eptcanningauthor.bsky.social•206 days ago

Oh dang! I’ll have to find that today.

bethstilborn.bsky.social•206 days ago

Thanks for the heads-up, Pixies! Just locked my privacy settings up as tight as I can.

aerialsquid.bsky.social•205 days ago

gdi canva

snowirisstudio.com•206 days ago

Uuuuuugh. Thank you for the heads up.

mcburnellauthor.bsky.social•206 days ago

YW!

quillkukla.bsky.social•206 days ago

Can someone actually explain to me how to opt out of this? When I go to my canvas settings, I don't see a privacy tab.

mcburnellauthor.bsky.social•206 days ago

Did you manage to find it? I use the app on a desktop, not my phone, so idk if this helps, but once you click through the gear icon to settings, it's 4th down on the left on the list under your username.

bethstilborn.bsky.social•206 days ago

In your Canva account, go to settings, then privacy settings (left side bar).