You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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ATTN: Third-Party AI is toggled to ON automatically
Fellow DropBox Community Members,
If you don't already know this, Third-Party AI is automatically set to "ON" without our permission. To FIX THIS: Go to your Account Icon > Settings > Third-Party ...
Was beyond furious today to see that dropbox decided to "partner up" with Open AI to let them into our files. No one asked for this. Open AI has built their entire business on theft, and they tell us that it's fine because they vetted them. Vetted them? How exactly? What possible assurance could they give to justify teaming up with a company like this? This coming not too long after Dropbox laid off hundreds of staff to a "pivot to AI" And we're supposed to trust them?
They now offer GENERATIVE AI which means that they are willingly using stolen data from elsewhere to make more here. And to top it all off, made everyone on the entire platform OPT IN by default which was not mentioned anywhere and had to be learned from news sites or word of mouth.
An extra bonus? that "Even if you’ve opted out, any files shared with another person who is using Dropbox AI could still be sent to OpenAI servers." Thats insane.
If they were serious about data privacy they would never have set the ticker to opt out only. It would have been an opt in option for those interested.
They would also not partner with Open AI - the most notorious company on the planet for data theft. But that would never benefit the AI machine so they and no one else, will ever do this.
I in no way believe the "promises" by dropbox that it won't share data unless we decide to play with it's cute little AI tools. I don't believe it will be deleted in 30 days either. All those are fancy lawyer speak to get around the fact that if you train on something. Remember that the line is always it doesn't *technically* store it. AI companies say this all the time in defense of their theft. So it could be trained but then "deleted" and still keep the training data without technically violating this statement. Open AI didn't team up for fun, they want something, and that something is our private data. They need it because they already stole all the public data.
Dropbox:
Our private files are not your personal data to sell- especially when we ALREADY pay you. I work professionally with a number of clients who use dropbox for SENSATIVE NDA files on a regular basis. Game studios use it for file sharing, and on it goes. I had to tell a client today that his whole game assets are at risk because of this move. I had to tell musicians that all their project files and stems are in danger. That is not your "data" to sell to Open AI.
As soon as I find a proper alternative, I'm nuking my account and never looking back. I encourage everyone to do the same because this is a warning shot. This is a total trust violation they have shown you cannot trust them with anything.
