I realized I hadn’t used my LinkedIn account for many years, and rarely at all.
I came to this realization because news began spreading today that Microsoft decided to use everyone’s LinkedIn accounts to train generative AI–by opting people in without telling them.
So with a few seconds of reflection (all that was merited), I closed my account. In two weeks it will be permanently gone, or perhaps “gone” because I have zero trust that these big tech companies actually purge data or honour the requests made by users.
Lifehacker story: LinkedIn Is Using Your Data to Train AI (but You Can Stop It)
And now, a cat:
