For the last several weeks, we have highlighted ways of disabling or mitigating artificial intelligence (AI) on a variety of platforms, including Google Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Microsoft Copilot, and various social media sites. In our last installment of the series, we will focus on AI available in other popular software.
Adobe
Paid Adobe products have AI features designed to help you write and generate images. First, log into your account and then follow these steps to stop Adobe AI from running.
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.
- To turn on the generative AI features again, select Enable generative AI features in Acrobat, and select OK.
Turn off generative AI features in Acrobat on the web
- Choose your profile at the upper-right corner, then select Settings.
- Deselect Enable generative AI features in Acrobat, then select Save.
Zoom
Paid Zoom accounts have a feature called Zoom Companion, which offers AI meeting summaries and other features. You must be an account owner or admin to disable it. If you have a free Zoom account, you do not have any AI features.
- Sign in to your Zoom account in a web browser
- On the left side panel, choose Account Management and then select Account Settings
- Select the AI Companion tab
- Disable both features under the Meeting section: Meeting Summary with AI Companion and AI Companion Questions
- With these disabled, there should be an additional option displayed below each setting, indicating their visibility in the meetings toolbar
- Choose those options for each setting so that it shows Hidden in Meetings toolbar, then select Save to confirm the changes.
WordPress
If you have AI tools in your WordPress page editor, it is probably the result of a plugin, theme or page builder, like Spectra, Divi, Kadence, or Elementor. To turn them off, please refer to the documentation from the provider.
On the flip side, if you would like to make sure AI does not train using data from your website, follow these steps on WordPress.com (but not WordPress.org – See the difference here):
- Log in to your WordPress site
- Go to Settings
- Select General
- Go to Privacy Section
- In the Privacy Settings tab, toggle the switch that says Prevent third-party data sharing option
Dropbox
To keep Dropbox from sharing your data to train AI, follow these steps:
- Log in to Dropbox
- Select your Account using the avatar/initials in the top right.
- Choose Settings
- Select Privacy
- On the right side of the screen, select Edit
- Select Do not share my information
- Select Save preferences
Summary
This post concludes our series on limiting AI on popular platforms. Is there a platform or tool we haven’t covered that is using AI you’d like to disable or rein in? Please use this form to request a post and let us know what you’d like to learn about. Until next time!
