Following customer outrage over its latest terms of service (ToS), Adobe is making updates to add more detail around areas like of AI and content ownership, the company said in a blog post. “Your content is yours and will never be used to train any generative AI tool,” wrote head of product Scott Belsky and VP of legal and policy Dana Rao.
Subscribers using products like Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Lightroom were incensed by new, vague language they interpreted to mean that Adobe could freely use their work to train the company’s generative AI models. In other words, creators thought that Adobe could use AI to effectively rip off their work and then resell it.
Other language was thought to mean that the company could actually take ownership of users’ copyrighted material (understandably so, when you see it).
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Dent, S. (2024, June 11). Adobe is updating its terms of service following a backlash over recent changes. Engadget. https://www.engadget.com/adobe-is-updating-its-terms-of-service-following-a-backlash-over-recent-changes-120044152.html