Wetransfer has confirmed that it does not use files uploaded in its service to train artificial intelligence (AI) model.
The file sharing company received a lot of criticism from customers on social media after changing its terms of service, some gave it the right to use files for AI training.
A spokesperson of the Wetransfeer told BBC News: “We do not use any form of machine learning or AI to process the content shared through the weightfire, nor do we sell materials or data to any third party.”
The firm has now updated its terms, saying that it has made the language easy to understand to avoid confusion “.
The Wetransfeer stated that the section was initially included in involving the possibility of using AI to improve material moderation “and identifying harmful materials.
It seems that according to the Snapshot taken on the Internet archive, it was changed in late June or early July.
Conditions stated that wetransfer may use the material for the purposes “It involves improving the performance of the machine learning models that increase our content moderation process”.
It also included the rights for “re -introducing, distributed, modifying,” or “publicly displayed” files uploaded in the service.
Some of the social media users explained this to give themselves the right to share or sell files uploaded by users to AI companies as a vetresfar.
Creative industries, including people Illustrator And one actorAsked to post on X, he used the service to send work and was considering replacing alternative providers.
The Wetransfer said that it updated the clause on Tuesday, “As we have seen, this route may have created confusion for our customers.”
Section in terms of Service Now says: “You give us a royalty-free license to use our content for improvement, development and improvement in service according to our privacy and cookie policy.”
Rival file-sharing platform dropbox also Had to clarify Following social media outrage in December 2023, files uploaded in their service were not used to train the AI model.
