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Inspired by a journal article from Maine... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/librarians-are-hosting-viral-avoiding-ai-workshops-for-people-who-are-fed-up-with-big-tech-t00c931ay og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/T00c931aY.png og:image:alt: Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Librarians are hosting viral ‘Avoiding AI’ workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Librarians across the US are hosting 'Avoiding AI' workshops that have gone viral due to unprecedented public demand. Inspired by a journal article from Maine librarian Hannah Cyrus, these sessions teach attendees how AI tools work and walk them through disabling AI features on popular devices and platforms like Apple Intelligence and Gemini. Workshops that normally draw a dozen people are attracting 70+ attendees, with social media posts getting thousands of engagements. The movement reflects growing frustration with AI being forced onto consumers without consent, and frames the effort as advancing digital literacy and personal autonomy rather than rejecting technology outright. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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