"Using a swearword in your Google search can stop that annoying AI overview from popping up. Some apps let you switch off their artificial intelligence. You can choose not to use ChatGPT, to avoid AI-enabled software, to refuse to talk to a chatbot. You can ignore Donald Trump posting deepfakes, and dodge anything with Tilly the AI actor in it. But should you? And can you avoid AI altogether?"
"Dr Kobi Leins an AI management and governance expert chooses to opt out when medical practitioners want to use AI. She told a specialist she didn't want AI transcription software used for her child's appointment but was told it was necessary because the specialist was time poor and if she did not want it used she would need to go somewhere else."
"AI is spreading inexorably through digital systems. It's embedded in applications such as ChatGPT, Google's AI overview, and Elon Musk's creation Grok, the super-Nazi chatbot. Smartphones, social media and navigation devices are all using it. It has also infiltrated customer service, the finance system, online dating apps and is being used to assess resumes and job applications, rental applications even legal cases."
Using a swearword in a Google search can suppress AI overviews and some apps offer switches to disable their AI, but practical opt-outs remain limited. Individuals can avoid ChatGPT or refuse chatbots, yet institutional settings sometimes mandate AI tools such as transcription. Industry pressure drives adoption beyond sensible use while AI embeds across ChatGPT, Google's overview, Grok, smartphones, social media, navigation devices, customer service, finance, dating apps, hiring and rental screening, and legal cases. Half of Australians use AI regularly or semi-regularly, but only 36% express trust in it.
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