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Adobe analyses your images: How to protect yourself against it
by Michelle Brändle
Adobe's current terms of use have unsettled many people. The question has arisen as to whether Adobe is now feeding its AI with its users' data. Adobe denies this and writes the terms and conditions more clearly.
Recently, Adobe published a new version of its own terms of use. In the following article, I explain what exactly was changed and why people were unsettled as a result. I also explain how you can opt out of their analytics programme.
In view of the uncertainties, Adobe will amend the wording in the terms of use. This is to be done by 18 June 2024. In the meantime, the company clarifies its clear stance in a blog post on its position
We have never trained generative AI with customer content, appropriated a customer's employees' work or allowed access to customer content beyond the legal requirements. Nor have we considered any of these practices as part of the recent Terms of Service update.
Adobe explains that it is important to continue developing terms of use. However, these should also be understandable. The company also states which areas Adobe wants to make clearer.
These are the most important sections, including an explanation:
In its current privacy policy, Adobe has already formulated that only trained personnel will be used for manual checks.
Adobe also regrets that the terms of use were not modernised earlier. Modern, understandable language should also have been used. Adobe is in close contact with users of its programmes for further feedback. The company realises that it has a great responsibility. It should therefore also be possible in future to clearly differentiate itself from AI training and mark its own projects as such. <p
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