evidence: More than 130,000 Instagram users have reshared messages on Instagram, stating that they do not consent to the use of their data to train AI. However, upon having consented once, these creators have already sold their souls to the "META-physical" devil. This indignation that the artists felt after Meta released its statement on its intellectual property rights, was ricocheted last year by a group of professional visual artists. As reported by Pop Sugar, illustrators such as Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz had sued Stability, Midjourney, and DeviantArt over claims that AI models had been using their copyright-protected work, to train themselves, without so much so as asking for consent. Although they are yet to receive a verdict on their case, it would hardly affect the artists who have felt betrayed by Meta, because, unlike the above artists who could claim AI companies had illegally scrapped their copyrighted work, Meta leaves you no choice but to consent to get original work mined. Although users were alerted by a small pop-up in their app, it is infuriatingly impossible to opt out of the AI training, unless the user is from the European Union – where privacy and security are the two sacrosanct safeguarded human rights.