What are you the solution to?

THIS ISSUE AT A GLANCE

• AI is training on your data again 🙄→ The latest on LinkedIn training on your data and how to opt out

• Back from the Future → Recap and photos after Blockchain Futurist Conference

• What are you the solution to? 👀 → Haven’t registered for #75HER yet? You don’t want to miss this!

• MeetHER in AR 👀 → A networking event in Augmented Reality unlike any other!

• Resource Drop 📚 → Scholarships, Ambassadorships, Fellowships, and more!

Your Data Just Became AI Training Fodder

If you use LinkedIn to build your career, connect with peers, or showcase your work and thought leadership, you should know: on November 3, 2025, your profile, posts, and professional journey became training data for AI models (unless you opted out).

It’s not just LinkedIn! Meta has been using public Instagram and Facebook posts to train AI since May 2025. X (formerly Twitter) enabled AI training by default in 2024. Even Anthropic (Darlyze’s personal fave 😭) known for privacy protection, now asks Claude users to opt in to data sharing. The message is clear: tech platforms are betting big on AI, and our data is the currency!

Why This Matters

For women navigating tech careers, this shift carries a major weight. Your professional story is quite literally your lived experience. Your career pivots, skills hard-won through barriers others didn’t face, thought leadership acquired by trial and error and personal experience. When AI trains on this data without context, it risks flattening your narrative or, worse, perpetuating the biases already baked into the tech industry.

You weren’t asked, you were enrolled. Instead of asking for permission, it’s as if they made AI training the default and thus buried the opt-out deep in the settings.

The good news, CreateHER Fest knows ball and we’re telling you how to opt out right now.

How to Opt Out

For LinkedIn:

1. Log in and click your profile photo in the top right

2. Go to Settings & Privacy > Data Privacy

3. Select Data for Generative AI Improvement

4. Toggle off "Use my data for training content creation AI models"

5. (Optional but recommended) File a Data Processing Objection through LinkedIn's form under "Object to processing for training content-generating AI models"

Direct Link to the setting (works if you’re logged in) → linkedin.com/mypreferences/d/settings/data-for-ai-improvement

For Meta (Facebook/Instagram):

1. Go to Settings & Privacy > Settings

2. Navigate to About > Privacy Center

3. Search for “AI Training” or “How Meta uses information for generative AI”

4. Submit an objection request through the form provided

The Bigger Picture

This isn’t really about one platform or one policy change. It’s about who gets to decide how our digital identities are used, and whether consent still matters in the age of AI.

A major reason CreateHER Fest exists is exactly this: not just to educate for education’s sake, but to equip you with skills to protect yourself and your community—and to ensure you’re in the rooms where decisions about our data and our future are being made. Whether you're setting stronger privacy controls, building tech that centers community values, or advocating for equity in AI, we’re creating programming to ensure you’re prepared to lead and help build a safer, more inclusive digital world for all.

Join our CreateHER Fest Discord and let us know your thoughts about AI, privacy, and how platforms use our data.

Back From The Future!

Still have all the feels from attending the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Miami! The energy, the innovation, the robots(), and the incredible community left us inspired. We had the amazing opportunity to host our very own women in emerging tech meetup, AftHER Hours (cute, right?), in partnership with Fem T3ch! The connections and conversations were unforgettable!

Want to relive the experience? Check out our photo album to see the highlights!

Don’t miss out on our next events—virtual or in person. Subscribe to our event calendar so you’re always in the know. You never know when we’ll be in your city!

MEETHER IN AR: A CreateHER Fest Networking Event!

Step into the future with CreateHER Fest x The Diamond Resilience — where culture, technology, and community converge in a networking experience.

Join us for an unforgettable gathering designed for women builders and curious newcomers to explore the exciting world of VR, AR, and the metaverse December 11th at 11AM ET. Network with fellow CreateHers, play games, meet future #75HER teammates, hear from amazing women in XR, all in the augmented reality world of Arrival.Space!

No headset required, just a computer!

Join Our Friends at Google DeepMind, Block, JP Morgan Chase and More for #75HER!

Lock in with us for our #75HER Challenge!

We’re bringing together brilliant women and allies from top companies and organizations to offer workshops and mentorship in AI, AR/VR, Blockchain, Career Development, and Business Development. All you’ve got to do is sign up and show up!

Kick off your new year resolutions with CreateHER Fest, and commit to our #75HER Challenge—from January 6th to March 31st, 2026, spend 75 days learning, building, and connecting in a super supportive tech community. Join expert-led workshops, try hands-on projects, gain real mentorship, and finish strong with your portfolio project to show for it—all leading up to our International Women’s Day Pitch Competition!

Ready to join us? Sign up to start your HER era with CreateHER Fest!

Learn more here →

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THIS WEEK’S RESOURCES

• Last Call for FREE CES 2026 Registration!

  • The annual Consumer Electronic Show is the LARGEST tech conference in the USA, and we’re trying to send you with passes for the free99! Register with code: BRING1 — Before: Nov 24, 2025. Apply Today →

• Emboldly Fellowship (2026 cohort)

  • Free 4-month hybrid program for early-career women & nonbinary (0-3 years full-time work) globally. Free but after acceptance a refundable $50 retainer required. Sessions bi-weekly. Deadline: Dec 1, 2025. Apply Today →

• BASE Research Fellowship (Black in AI Safety and Ethics)

  • The BASE Fellowship is a 12-week, part-time remote program that begins with four weeks of immersive training, followed by eight weeks of mentored project work advancing AI safety, governance, and security. Learn More →

• Global Entrepreneurship Festival Student Ambassador Program 2026

  • If you’re a university student with a strong interest in entrepreneurship, innovation, or social impact, the Global Entrepreneurship Festival (GEF) is opening applications for the 2026 Student Ambassador program. The Student Ambassador role allows young leaders to engage beyond attendance: they act as local representatives, promote entrepreneurship in their communities and access mentorship, networking and leadership development. Learn More →

• NewNow Leaders Scholarship

  • The NewNow offers a fully-funded program for ten impactful young leaders (ages 18–30) from the Global South to join a high-profile cohort, receive mentorship, and collaborate on real systems-change initiatives for global impact. Apply By: Feb 16, 2026. Apply Today →

Until next time,

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