Following customer outrage In its latest terms of service (ToS), Adobe is making updates to add more details in areas like ai and content ownership, the company said in a blog entry. “Your content is yours and will never be used to train any generative ai tools,” wrote head of product Scott Belsky and vice president of legal and policy affairs Dana Rao.
Subscribers who use products like Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and Lightroom were outraged by vague new language that they interpreted to mean Adobe could freely use their work to train the company's generative ai models. In other words, the creators thought that Adobe could use ai to effectively copy their work and then resell it.
Other language was thought to mean that the company could actually take ownership of users' copyrighted material (understandably, when you see it).
None of that was accurate, Adobe said, noting that the new terms of use were implemented for its product improvement and content moderation program for legal reasons, primarily around CSAM. However, many users didn't see it that way, and Belsky admitted that the company “could have been clearer” with the updated ToS.
“In a world where customers are anxious about how their data is used and how generative ai models are trained, it is the responsibility of companies that host customer data and content to declare their policies not only publicly, but also in their Terms legally binding Terms of Use,” Belsky said.
To that end, the company promised to revise the ToS using “simpler language and examples to help customers understand what (the ToS clauses) mean and why we have them,” he wrote.
Adobe did not help its own cause by releasing a update June 6 with some minor changes to the same vague language as the original ToS and no sign of apology. That only seemed to fuel the fire more, with subscribers to its Creative Cloud service. twitter.com/sashayanshin/status/1799118418085380431″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:threatening to quit;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>threatening to quit smoking a lot.
Additionally, Adobe claims that it only trains its Firefly system on Adobe Stock images. However, several artists have noticed their names being used as search terms on Adobe's stock footage site, such as ai” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Creative Bloq;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>creative block reported. The results produce ai-generated art that sometimes mimics the artists' styles.
Your last post is more true. mea culpa with a detailed explanation of what you plan to change. Along with the areas of artificial intelligence and copyright, the company emphasized that users can opt out of its product improvement programs and that it will “more closely tailor” licenses to required activities. He added that it only scans data in the cloud and never looks at locally stored content. Finally, Adobe said it will listen to customer feedback on the new changes.
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