WeTransfer Backtracks on Terms Suggesting User Files Could Train AI Models After Backlash (theguardian.com) 4
WeTransfer has reversed controversial terms of service changes after users protested language suggesting uploaded files could be used to "improve machine learning models."
The file-sharing service, popular among creative professionals and used by 80 million users across 190 countries, clarified that user content had never been used to train AI models and removed all references to machine learning from its updated terms. Creative users including voice actors, filmmakers, and journalists had threatened to cancel subscriptions over the changes.
The file-sharing service, popular among creative professionals and used by 80 million users across 190 countries, clarified that user content had never been used to train AI models and removed all references to machine learning from its updated terms. Creative users including voice actors, filmmakers, and journalists had threatened to cancel subscriptions over the changes.
Can they prove it? (Score:2)
Saying it hasn't happen is easy to say when no proof is required.
The fact that they had clearly decided that selling the data was an okay move suggests they'd already gone ahead without any consent.
Re: (Score:2)
And that is why you do not use a scummy service like WeTransfer...
backtrack (Score:3)
now they will do it and just not tell the user.
you can sue them later and lose.
Anybody else getting sick and tired (Score:2)
of these cutesy-poo "We" and "I" names?
I initially missed the lack of a space between "We" and "Transfer", which made for an interesting parsing train wreck.