# Adobe > Source: > Published: 2026-09-21 18:14:11+00:00 addition of archived links | ← Older revision | | Revision as of 18:14, 21 September 2026 | | | Line 37: | | Line 37: | | | | ===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.{{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}} 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}}{{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}}{{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}} | | 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.{{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}} 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}}{{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}}{{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}} | | | 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.{{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}}{{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}} | | 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.{{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}}{{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}} |