Global Option to Disable All "AI" Features
I would like an account-wide single toggle to disable "AI" features everywhere. I know they're not going to go away, but I never want to use them, and do not want them anywhere near my data. Rather than needing to be constantly on the lookout for when related 'features' are added and needing to continually check to see if there's something I need to turn off, I just want a single setting where I can turn it off and know that no new or existing "AI" features will be turned on without action from me first.
I really don't care if things are processed locally, and data is encrypted. I want the option to just decline the use of any of this.
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Stephen
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Really AI is not needed for email/Calendar/drive. I'd rather they just focus on developing their core products that I actually want than more AI that I constantly uninstall every time another corp pushes it on me.
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Tony
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I agree with the OP. An option to disable anything AI-related everywhere would be fantastic.
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Lambert
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Don't alllow AI to touch my data, including optimizing email composition and "managing" my inbox (like adding labels, moving my mail to directories, etc.). Spam seems to be fine. Leave it there.
1) My workflow is my workflow. Don't **** around with it by adding labels, "helpful suggestions," moving it, etc.
2) I can't trust AI not to suck down my mail for training sets, and that very much includes whatever AI software or service you purchased.
3) Once you allow AI to touch my email, no matter your good intentions, you've given state actors power to adopt your AI functionality to their purposes. Don't (and please don't tell me you left Switzerland exactly to enable this).
I'm a power user. I don't want to be a disempowered user. Please keep AI slop as far away from me as possible, and especially not in UI/UX I use on a daily, sometimes hourly basis.
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Don Gregory
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Just noticed auto-generated labels in the Android PM client. I have a very thorough filter setup that puts emails where I want them. I do not want additional labels I do not control. Please allow me to disappear these -- which might be accomplished by this global option.
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Daniel Coffaro
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I absolutely do not want AI tools to "help" me while I'm trying to work. If I want to use AI I will go use one of the other widely available tools. Please allow me to opt out of all AI integrations across proton.
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Retrace
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I am an AI superuser and I agree with this sentiment. I hate the forced integrations and implementations such as Gemini, Copilot, and Samsung AI. Not only are they intrusive and un-uninstallable for the most part, they also annoy advanced users because of how unusably low-quality they are in comparison to dedicated frontier models (in addition to being involuntary).
I have used Lumo in the free tier for a bit and I would welcome more features such as setting it as my default assistant on Android, Windows, or Firefox (like you can with ChatGPT). But I want to stress that this should be strictly voluntary and not baked-in with other apps like a lot of other Artificial "Intelligence" "features."
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Melody
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Saw the Lumo announcement and am also reconsidering my move to Proton. I switched to this platform to get away from this stuff. Shame.
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T
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I'm with Lina 1000%. I woke up to the email about Lumo and immediately searched for instructions to do exactly this.
Do. Not. Want. AI.
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Lina
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@Daylen: "Don't like it, don't use it" isn't helpful, and frankly I don't trust this to be opt-in forever. I want a setting that explicitly says "I don't want this, now or ever" that they'll commit to respect. That would get my trust back.
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Daylen
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Most of Proton's artificial intelligence features and staff resources are spent on blocking malicious login attempts, phishing emails and spam messages. The generative AI features (Scribe and Lumo) are both opt-in and don't use your data unless if you add it to the prompt.