This article originally appeared on PolitiFact.com .

Leading tech companies are in a race to release and improve artificial intelligence products, leaving U.S. users to puzzle out how much of their personal data could be extracted to train AI tools.

Meta (which owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp), Google and LinkedIn all have rolled out AI app features that have the capacity to draw on users’ public profiles or emails. Google and LinkedIn offer users ways to opt out of the AI features, while Meta’s AI tool provides no means for its users to say no thanks.

"Gmail just flipped a dangerous switch on October 10, 2025 and 99% of Gmail users have no idea," a Nov. 8 Instagram post said.

Posts warned that the platforms’ AI tool rollouts make most private information availabl

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