Plain-English guides for people meeting AI for the first time, written for readers who want the switch, the step or the setting – not the theory. Every price and menu path is dated, and we say plainly when the free option is the right answer.
On September 29, 2026 we read 19 LinkedIn Help pages and found 12 AI features, 3 settings you can switch off, and no setting that keeps the old job search. The one most people want is Data for Generative AI Improvement, on by default in the US.
There is no one switch. On September 28, 2026 we counted 15 AI-branded features on Samsung’s own Vision AI page and 0 pages explaining them across 2,605 US support addresses. The setting most people want is called Viewing Information Services, four menus deep, and Texas sued over how long it takes to reach.
Ring does not call it AI. On September 27, 2026 we read nine Ring help pages and counted eight AI features behind six menus. Seven need the $19.99 plan. The free one, Search Party, is on by default and is not in the menu every guide names.
To turn off AI in Google Photos, go to Photos settings, Preferences, Gemini features in Photos, and turn off Use Gemini in Photos. But that is one of seven controls, and only Face Groups deletes the face models. Checked Sept. 26, 2026.
To turn off auto dubbing on YouTube for one video, tap the gear, then Audio track, then original. To fix every video, add the creator’s language to Preferred languages. Checked Sept. 24, 2026.
To use ChatGPT to decorate a room: measure, take one wide photo, set privacy, ask for a written plan, then a picture. All 5 steps work on the free plan. On Sept. 23, 2026, 0 of 7 top guides mentioned falls.
You cannot fully turn off Meta AI on Instagram. Mute the chat, type /reset-ai to delete what it saved, choose Don’t translate on dubbed Reels and go private. On Sept. 22, 2026, only 1 of 9 top guides gave the reset command.
Tap the Voice icon at the right end of the ChatGPT message box, allow the microphone, pick one of 9 voices and start talking. No wake word, free to try. OpenAI replaced the voice on July 8, 2026; on September 21 we found 6 of the 9 top how-to pages still describe the old one.
Pinterest has three AI switches, not one. Refine your recommendations turns AI down in eleven categories; Privacy and data stops your saves training Pinterest Canvas; the three dots on a Pin send a one-off signal. On September 20, 2026 we read the 7 top pages: only 1 says the first switch still is not on the iPhone.
Right-click the Gemini button and choose Unpin Gemini, then right-click the address bar and clear Always show AI Mode. Three more switches sit in Settings: Help me write, AI history search and On-device AI. On September 19, 2026 we read the 7 top articles for this question: 0 cover all five.