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| | ===Alleged use of user data for AI training (''2024'')=== | | ===Alleged use of user data for AI training (''2024'')=== |
| | {{main|Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works}} | | {{main|Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works}} | | | Adobe has been accused of using user information for the purpose of training artificial intelligence. In 2024, Adobe updated its Terms of Service, granting itself a "non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license" to users' content. This grants Adobe permission to reproduce, distribute, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, and sublicense their users' content.<ref name="tos-sec4.2">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-18 |title=Adobe General Terms of Use |url=https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216212938/https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html |archive-date=2025-02-16 |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=Adobe}}</ref> This change raises concerns over conflicts with existing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and intellectual property rights. Users were required to accept the new Terms of Service to access their previously stored content.{{Citation needed|date=29 Mar 2026}}<ref name="entrepreneur">{{Cite web |last=Shibu |first=Sherin |date=2024-06-06 |title=Adobe Photoshop Users Are Outraged at the Company's New Terms: 'Am I Reading This Right?' |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/adobe-new-terms-for-photoshop-illustrator-infuriates-users/475273 |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=Entrepreneur}}</ref><ref name="adobe-blog-june10">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-10 |title=Here's what to know about Adobe's Terms of Use updates |url=https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/10/updating-adobes-terms-of-use |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=Adobe Blog}}</ref> | | Adobe has been accused of using user information for the purpose of training artificial intelligence. In 2024, Adobe updated its Terms of Service, granting itself a "non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license" to users' content. This grants Adobe permission to reproduce, distribute, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, and sublicense their users' content.<ref name="tos-sec4.2">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-18 |title=Adobe General Terms of Use |url=https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216212938/https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html |archive-date=2025-02-16 |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=Adobe}}</ref> This change raises concerns over conflicts with existing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and intellectual property rights. Users were required to accept the new Terms of Service to access their previously stored content.{{Citation needed|date=29 Mar 2026}}<ref name="entrepreneur">{{Cite web |last=Shibu |first=Sherin |date=2024-06-06 |title=Adobe Photoshop Users Are Outraged at the Company's New Terms: 'Am I Reading This Right?' |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/adobe-new-terms-for-photoshop-illustrator-infuriates-users/475273 |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=Entrepreneur|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260416230256/https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/adobe-new-terms-for-photoshop-illustrator-infuriates-users/475273|archive-date=2026-04-16|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="adobe-blog-june10">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-10 |title=Here's what to know about Adobe's Terms of Use updates |url=https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/10/updating-adobes-terms-of-use |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=Adobe Blog}}</ref> | | | Adobe has stated that it does not use user content to train generative AI, but Adobe may use it for improving its machine learning systems, with an opt-out available However, no opt-out option was presented during acceptance of the Terms of Service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arntz |first=Pieter |date=12 Jun 2024 |title=Adobe clarifies Terms of Service change, says it doesn’t train AI on customer content |url=https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/06/no-ai-training-in-newly-distrusted-terms-of-service-adobe-says |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260317232430/https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/06/no-ai-training-in-newly-distrusted-terms-of-service-adobe-says |archive-date=17 Mar 2026 |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=Malwarebytes {{!}} Labs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Adobe Communications Team |date=2024-06-06 |title=A clarification on Adobe Terms of Use |url=https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/06/clarification-adobe-terms-of-use |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=Adobe Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260829040921/https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/06/clarification-adobe-terms-of-use |archive-date=29 Aug 2026}}</ref> | | Adobe has stated that it does not use user content to train generative AI, but Adobe may use it for improving its machine learning systems, with an opt-out available However, no opt-out option was presented during acceptance of the Terms of Service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arntz |first=Pieter |date=12 Jun 2024 |title=Adobe clarifies Terms of Service change, says it doesn’t train AI on customer content |url=https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/06/no-ai-training-in-newly-distrusted-terms-of-service-adobe-says |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260317232430/https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/06/no-ai-training-in-newly-distrusted-terms-of-service-adobe-says |archive-date=17 Mar 2026 |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=Malwarebytes {{!}} Labs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Adobe Communications Team |date=2024-06-06 |title=A clarification on Adobe Terms of Use |url=https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/06/clarification-adobe-terms-of-use |url-status=live |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=Adobe Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260829040921/https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/06/clarification-adobe-terms-of-use |archive-date=29 Aug 2026}}</ref> |