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The rise of AI is making some more cautious about their online profile

Anita Smith has always been cautious about how much she shared online.

But her concerns increased following an abusive relationship with a partner, who later stalked her.

Although police intervened, she left the UK and also scaled back her online profile.

"I erased my online presence as much as I possibly could, including removing the locations of some posts, and a couple of Instagram accounts," says Ms Smith, whose name has been changed for this article.

Ms Smith, who works in communications, still has a LinkedIn account but doesn't use her full name.

"I deleted quite a few things off my LinkedIn too, lots of things that were location based, although a few posts do remain.

"I have posted recently as I'm trying to build a brand although I'm sceptical as to how much I share."

She has kept an original private Facebook account: "I cleanse it once a year, and check on photos and privacy of posts and where I have been tagged."

Ms Smith has also become more aware of the terms and conditions of social media platforms.

"I follow AI trends and I know a lot of images are training AI models and we don't have ethical guidelines on how they can be used. That's another massive factor why I will never put my child on social media as the images can be used for whatever want."