Adobe clarifies its terms, saying it does not train Firefly Gen AI models on customer content and will never assume ownership of a customer's work
it's the trust Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada Blog : Adobe Clarifies Terms of Use, Reaffirms User Privacy Andrew Tarantola / Digital Trends : Adobe clarifies new AI terms and conditions after high-profile users revolt Ryan Whitwam / HotHardware : Adobe Responds To Creator Outrage Over Controversial Photoshop ToS Update Verne Kopytoff / Fortune : Apple's WWDC is crucial to the company showing it can still compete in the one area that matters Dduane / Diane Duane : Time to make a stink This is utterly unacceptable. — Adobe's ToS changes could be an AI overreach on user data … Julian van der Merwe / Notebookcheck : Adobe responds to terms of use fiascso, insists no unauthorised AI training — user scepticism ensues Michael Kan / PCMag : Adobe: Policy Update Meant to Stop Child Sexual Abuse Material, Not Steal Content Cecily Mauran / Mashable : ‘Adobe does not train Firefly Gen AI models on customer content’: Company responds to backlash Jeremy Gray / PetaPixel : Adobe Responds to ‘Terms of Use’ Controversy, Says It Isn't Spying on Users Mark Wilson / TechRadar : Calm down, Adobe tells fans - Photoshop's new small print isn't as controversial as it looks Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Adobe Faces Privacy Backlash Over New Terms of Service Mastodon: Kevin Fox / @kfury@mstdn.social : I don't know if Adobe is really bad at comms or is being deliberately deceptive, but declaring that users' content isn't used to train Firefly AI models doesn't mean Adobe won't use your content to train *any non-Firefly AI model* (such as Generative Fill or anything they make in the future) … Scalzi / @scalzi@mastodon.social : This happens incredibly frequently: a company posts (or updates) Terms of Use, the Internet freaks out about the teens suggesting the company is claiming an infinite license, the company clarifies the terms after days of bad press. … Ian Betteridge / @ianb@mastodon.well.com : I have to say that it's quite fun seeing Adobe, who have been “customer hostile” for quite some time, finally being taught they are no longer going to get the benefit of the doubt from people who have had enough of big tech. — https://9to5mac.com/... X: Mike Chambers / @mesh : Adobe has a license to your content “Solely for the purposes of operating or improving the Services and Software”. Scott Belsky / @scottbelsky : unfortunate state of the world (with many co's scraping IP content without any permission or compensation) that Adobe needed to clarify this. but glad we did. side note: so much innovation needed in how “terms of service” are designed/explained in modern day. Sasha Yanshin / @sashayanshin : I just cancelled my Adobe licence after many years as a customer. The new terms give Adobe “worldwide royalty-free licence to reproduce, display, distribute” or do whatever they want with any content I produce using their software. This is beyond insane. No creator in their [image] @adobe : We recently made an update to our Terms of Use with the goal of providing more clarity on a few specific areas. We have received a number of questions resulting from this update and want to provide some clarity. Mike Chambers / @mesh : Adobe just made a blog post with more information about the recent TOS update. This includes what actually changed (not much), as well as clearer statements on what Adobe can and cannot do with your content. https://blog.adobe.com/... @adobe : Adobe will never assume ownership of a customer's work. Adobe hosts content to enable customers to use our applications and services. Customers own their content and Adobe does not assume any ownership of customer work. Scott Belsky / @scottbelsky : @virus69 @Adobe we've clarified the need for a limited license “solely for the purpose of operating...” that has been there for over ~11 years - like any other company that needs to host content in cloud on behalf of users and make thumbnails and sharing links etc: https://blog.adobe.com/... LinkedIn: Raul Lopez Puig : We (Adobe) recently made an update to our Terms of Use with the goal of providing more clarity on a few specific areas and pushed a routine re-acceptance … Forums: r/aiwars : Adobe terms clarified: Will never own your work, or use it to train AI r/technews : Adobe terms clarified: Will never own your work, or use it to train AI r/technology : Adobe terms clarified: Will never own your work, or use it to train AI r/photography : A Clarification on Adobe Terms of Use (Adobe's Official Response to the Backlash)