Adobe is revising the terms users must agree to when using its apps in an effort to restore trust — and clarify that it won't be training AI to do their jobs. The change, announced in a new blog post, comes a week after backlash from users who feared an update to Adobe's terms of service would allow their work to be used for AI training. will
According to Adobe's president of digital media, David Wadhwani, the new terms of service are expected to go live on June 18 and aim to better clarify what Adobe is allowed to do with its users' work.
“We've never trained creative AI on our customer content, we've never taken ownership of a customer's work, and we've never had more access to customer content than is legally necessary,” Wadhwani said. Not allowed.” the edge
Adobe has faced widespread scrutiny from creators over the past week after its users were notified of language in its terms of service update that discussed AI. Users interpreted Adobe's vague language to mean the company was allowing itself to freely access and use users' work to train Adobe's creative AI models. It wasn't — and Adobe's policies on training weren't changing — but Adobe's chief product officer, Scott Belsky, acknowledged that the wording was “unclear” and that “trust and transparency aren't that important these days.” Could be.”
“In the past, we should have updated and clarified the terms of service as soon as possible”
Wadhwani says the language used within Adobe's TOS was never intended to allow AI training on users' work. “In the past, we should have made the terms of service as modern and clear as possible,” Wadhwani says. What are our legal requirements.”
A segment of the creative community has long-standing beefs with Adobe over its alleged industry monopoly, its subscription-based pricing models, and its use of generative AI. The company trained its Firefly AI model on Adobe stock images, openly licensed content, and public domain content to avoid some of the ethical concerns associated with generative AI, but several artists have found images that are Adobe stock. cites their work on the platform — making it difficult. Relying on protections in place.
“We feel pretty good about the process,” Wadhwani said of content moderation around Adobe Stock and Firefly training data, but acknowledged it “will never be perfect.” Wadhwani says Adobe can remove content from Firefly's training data that violates its policies, and users can opt out of automated systems designed to improve the company's service.
Adobe said in its blog post that it recognizes “trust must be earned” and is taking feedback to discuss the new changes. Greater transparency is a welcome change, but it will probably take some time to convince disdainful creators that there is no ill intent. “We are committed to being a trusted partner for creators in the coming era. We will work tirelessly to make it happen.”