How to disable/block Firefly and Generative AI In Photoshop

[antonioa89540766]

Are there any suggestions/solutions for those of us who wish to disable or block AI tools like Firefly or the generative AI within Photoshop? I understand I don't actually have to use tools I do not wish to use within Adobe programs, but I think it would also be nice for some of us with strong ethical opposition to generative AI to have an option for it to not consistently pop up in our feeds or have our work training AI models without permission (hence why I disabled the content analysis option for my account).

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[Katherine36643493jlja]

No actually a lot of people have been using Photoshop for a long time and they know how to use it properly, its been around since 1987.

Why now forget everything you know and everyting you can do?

[antonioa89540766]

Maybe I'm an outlier but I think the whole idea of "ethics" is hot garbage. We can't agree on hot button issues such as guns, abortion, immigration, gay rights, etc while both sides claim to own the moral and ethical high ground. "Ethics" is just another word for "my opinion."

And like it or not, AI is here. Both Apple and Microsoft are jumping in and Adobe is right there with them.

By @Lumigraphics

Yeah i'd say you're an outlier at this point. AI approval isn't exactly through the roof, particularly here in the states.

And whether AI is here to stay or not, that doesn't mean it can't/won't be regulated. 

And I wouldn't put too much stock in Apple and Microsoft hopping on the hype train. They answer to shareholders and investors, who also hyped crypto, NFTs, Metaverse, block chains, web3...I could go on, but they've backed a LOT of useless crap over the years. 

AND that's without mentioning the numerous privacy and data violations they've incurred, as seen by the FTC and DOJ' cases against them.

[davescm]

'...there needs to be a lot more transparency (not just from Adobe) on what their AI is being trained on...'

There you go:

https://www.adobe.com/products/firefly.html  (see FAQs)

and

https://helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/using/machine-learning-faq.html

and

https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/10/updating-adobes-terms-of-use

Dave

[antonioa89540766]

Also just wanted you to know that even though Adobe keeps un-"correcting" this, your answer is the correct one.

[@mj]

Hi,

You'll find this helpful.

https://helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/using/machine-learning-faq.html

hth

mj

iMSD

[@mj]

Hi,

This may be helpful.

https://helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/using/machine-learning-faq.html

hth

mj

iMSD

[tonyh85361623]

Your response is fine for individual users. Not being able to restrict or disable AI at the Enterprise level is a big concern though - Telling hundreds of users to not use a tool that's available to them is a risk I don't want to deal with! 

[carlos_3842]

Since you said individual artists... Is there a way with Enterprise that we could block it for all of our users?

[carlos_3842]

individual users*

[jane-e]

"you could raise a feature request in the Ideas section for the team to consider your use case."

@antonioa89540766 

i've moved your post from Photoshop discussions to Photoshop ideas, so you do not need to repost. You are most definitely not alone in this request, and I suspect that your post will be moved to a primary thread.

Jane