#to be clear. being unable to stop users from using AI apps on your server’s content is terrible

[ilovedthestars]

I understand why people are very concerned about this, but it’s based on a lot of misunderstandings.

You can ban a user from your server without them ever having been a member of your server. Adding those IDs to your ban list successfully does not mean there were secret evil bots on your server.

Discord does not need to add secret evil bots to your server to scrape the content. Discord already has all your content because it’s on their platform. If they want to sell it as an AI dataset they will do that and it will not involve server bots.

Discord does have “apps,” some of which use AI. Turning off the “Use External Apps” setting for all roles on a server will prevent any user from using these apps to send images to the server. (i.e. sending an AI remix of an image)

This setting does not prevent users from using AI apps on images already present on the server (i.e. it is still possible to make an AI remix of an image and receive it as an “only visible to you” message.) It is currently not possible to disable this. This is the thing you should be worried about, complain to discord about, make moderation policies about, etc.

Here’s a writeup that was shared elsenet and which I am drawing my information from.

TO ANYONE WHO USES DISCORD- FOUR AI SCRAPING BOTS HAVE BEEN SECRETLY ADDED TO YOUR SERVERS WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT

Saw this going around and tested it myself, and I can confirm that this is unfortunately legit. Four hidden bots have been placed in any existing or newly created Discord server that are harvesting data, images, and most concerningly, one seems to be a face swap bot. It should be noted that it is stated that they cannot grab content not sent through bot commands, but knowing how things have gone on sites like A03 and twitter, it is impossible to say if it will stay that way.

Due to them being invisible, banning them from your servers isn't possible without their ID's, which I've typed out for easy access.

1153984868804468756 1288638725869535283 1090660574196674713 1104973139257081909

Banning is done with the /ban command with each string pasted in one at a time. Four ban commands in total.

Image proof below and further information. This was in my PERSONAL server that has existed for +5 years. Discord is harvesting your shit without your consent, fight back. The "partnered with" part appears to be false (?) in relation to one image talking about it, so some information is currently unclear.