Robert Kingett<p>Oh lookie here. </p><p>First, some background.</p><p>Speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin on Monday, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber said the social network has been working on a framework for user consent over how they want their data to be used for generative AI.</p><p>Now onto this.</p><p>Link below but <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> will start selling your data to train AI. The fact this is a proposal and something the CEO is pushing for should tell you that this is a small step towards selling everyone's data, regardless of whatever you want to happen.</p><p>Many here are willing to actually trust CEO's for some reason.</p><p>A CEO wants to make money. Period. That is their primary function.</p><p>This proposal is opt out, not opt in. Otherwise, they wouldn't go on the record with this comment...</p><p>Speaking at SXSW, Graber explained that the company has engaged with partners to develop a framework for user consent over how they would want their data to be used — or not used — for generative AI.</p><p>The fact a CEO is considering something multiple times should tell you your wishes will be violated to make a profit. If not now, but eventually.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/bluesky-social/proposals/tree/main/0008-user-intents" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/bluesky-social/prop</span><span class="invisible">osals/tree/main/0008-user-intents</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a></p>