Adobe should make opt-out to all of gen ai feature for users.

But I'm well aware of how it works, thank you! I'm just not trying to hide it because I'm using these functions. My wish is that it can find a place in one of the menus, for example it could be very well on a single line at the very bottom of the window, even if it changes depending on the tool you're using. That's where I'd put it if I was given the option of hanging it, but that's not the case. Maybe there's a way of attaching it to a menu, but I don't think so. The fact that it's wandering around and I have to move it all the time and that it's in the middle of the action, I find problematic.

@kenzo_2165 

It's called the Contextual Task Bar, as it changes depending on what you are doing. You can close it, pin it to a specific location, or reopen it (Window menu). Details here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/using-tools.html

I see that someone merged your post with a longer thread.

Jane

Just hide the contextual toolbar.

I don't know which of their engineers thought that leaving a generative fill window permanently in the middle of the image would be a good idea. But really, it's completely incoherent.

I have added my vote, this appears to be part of the Firefly Terms of Use for the Beta version:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-beta-discussions/generative-ai-in-the-remove-tool-for-photoshop-beta/m-p/14834105#:~:text=The%20Remove%20Tool%20already%20has,large%20area%20or%20complex%20background.

1. Accept the Firefly Terms of Use: If you haven't already, agree to the Firefly Terms of Use that appears.
    
   
   •   The Mode setting in the Remove Tool is set based on the Terms of Use acceptance.
      Manually change the Mode setting in the options bar as needed:
         • Auto (May use generative AI) - default if TOU was accepted
         • Always use generative AI
         • Never use generative AI - default if TOU was declined 

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I like the idea of having a personal choice.

Photoshop is a creative tool. Acrobat Reader goes on most corporate desktops. I'm not surprised that as a business decision, Adobe included that killswitch. 

Adobe Acrobat has a preference setting to turn off generative AI. I'd love to see the same ability in Photoshop.

Turn off generative AI features in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader desktop

• Close any open files. Then, navigate to Preferences > Generative AI.
• To turn off the generative AI features, deselect Enable generative AI features in Acrobat, and then select OK.

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/disable-generative-ai.html

I've upvoted the idea.

Jane

Content aware fill is fine, because it uses data already in the image. It's predictable. It doesn't pull in anything external.

There is a very clearly visible red line here, and it's where the algorithm uses outside data. I don't have enough technical insight to know how Adobe Sensei is different from Firefly, but there is a clear functional distinction that is easy to see. It's the generative part that I don't like and don't want.

Ethically, I think this is very clear cut. It's about passing off work as your own, when you didn't actually do it.

Obviously, there's a whole range of advanced tools that let you alter an image substantially. That's fine, that's why you use Photoshop in the first place. Any experienced photographer knows that a photo is not reality, it's an interpretation of reality. There's a lot of leeway there. But you're in charge, you decide what the finished result is, and you have to do the work to get there.

Oh, and BTW, it would be very easy. Just a checkbox that yanks out the virtual internet cable.

I'm guessing that there is no issue with AI trained features such as select subject or with content aware fill?

Don't Adobe already prefix the word Generative?