Title: Dark patterns
Last modified: January 5, 2024

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# Dark patterns

 *  [tufty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tufty/)
 * (@tufty)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dark-patterns/)
 * So I just found an odd option in my (admin) user profile. It is not labelled 
   as anything to do with Yoast. In fact it appears at the bottom of the Stripe 
   section (which is below the Yoast user settings), and looks like it is part of
   the Stripe settings. It says: “AI features” and there is a button to grant consent.
   In there is a consent “I approve the Terms of Service & Privacy Policy of the
   Yoast AI service. This includes consenting to the collection and use of data 
   to improve user experience.”
 * This is presented in a user profile as if it grants the user extra permissions,
   as an admin would generally want all options. But it appears to be global, not
   specific to a user and should be in the Yoast settings page. That’s obviously
   misleading and a dark pattern.
 * And then I saw in the Yoast settings, they turned on AI features by default. 
   So I turned them off. And guess what, that user consent is still there.
 * Dark patterns, shady people.

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 *  Plugin Support [Michael Tiña](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikes41720/)
 * (@mikes41720)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dark-patterns/#post-17324885)
 * Hi [@tufty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tufty/)
 * Thank you for your feedback regarding the AI feature in the Yoast SEO Premium
   plugin.
 * Just to clarify, the AI feature is found only in the premium version of Yoast
   SEO. You need to [approve the terms of service & privacy policy](https://yoast.com/help/how-to-use-ai-in-yoast-seo-premium/)
   and give your consent before you can use the AI feature. This pop-up should appear
   in the Yoast SEO settings. Did you find this pop-up screen and modal on the user
   profile page? You can also revoke consent for the AI feature at any time under
   the User profile.
 * There’s no intention for “dark patterns” or “shady people” as our intention in
   the AI feature is to help users generate better titles and meta descriptions,
   all within the scope of consent granted.
 * If you have an active Yoast SEO Premium subscription, please feel free to send
   an email to us directly at [support@yoast.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dark-patterns/support@yoast.com?output_format=md)
   so we can help sort this out.
 *  Thread Starter [tufty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tufty/)
 * (@tufty)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dark-patterns/#post-17325646)
 * Hi [@mikes41720](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikes41720/) yes I have 
   Yoast Premium. And the issue is that I found the invitation to consent in the
   user profile page as well as the Yoast settings page, in a deceptive way. You
   have to understand that while AI is undoubtedly a very powerful tool, it also
   has serious privacy concerns and I need a great deal of control and transparency
   when I use it. I don’t appreciate being pushed into something like that.

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