// OPT-OUT WALKTHROUGH

Check Your Toggles

Every major AI platform lets you control whether your conversations are used to train its models. Most of them don't make it easy to find. Here's where to look.

ChatGPT Claude Gemini
// CHATGPT (OPENAI)

ChatGPT Settings

Default at signup: training ON. You have to find the toggle yourself.

ChatGPT Step 1: Open your account menu ChatGPT Step 2: Navigate to Settings ChatGPT Step 3: Open Data Controls ChatGPT Step 4: Toggle off model training
// CLAUDE (ANTHROPIC)

Claude Settings

Default at signup: training ON. Toggle is in your account settings.

Claude Step 1: Open your account menu Claude Step 2: Navigate to Settings Claude Step 3: Find the Privacy section Claude Step 4: Toggle off training data
// GEMINI (GOOGLE)

Gemini Settings

Default on the paid tier: training OFF. Google takes the opposite approach — you have to opt in, not out.

Gemini Step 1: Open Gemini activity settings Gemini Step 2: Access Gemini Apps Activity Gemini Step 3: Review activity controls Gemini Step 4: Confirm activity is off
// NOW YOU KNOW

This walkthrough is from CTRL-ALT-ADAPT Issue #15: Leg Day — a newsletter for non-technical smart people learning to wield AI without losing themselves.

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