A popular file-sharing platform wetforce wetform used by photographers has been forced into a climb after facing a large backlash to replace its terms and conditions in a way that can allow the company to use customers’ work to train the AI model.
After a recent update to the terms of the Wetransfer, the dispute began that the company appeared to provide wide authority over the user content, including a clause, which includes the use of data “to improve the performance of the machine learning models that enhances our content moderation process.” This language raised creative professionals, PhotographerSome of which explained the words that allow the witrons to use, sell or share their files with AI companies.
In response to growing concern on social media, Wetransfer released several clarifications and revised the disputed section of its terms. “We do not use any form of machine learning or AI, which process the material shared through Wetransfer, nor do we sell materials or data to any third party to any third party,” said the company spokesman said. Tells BBC,
Wetransfer states that the purpose of the original segment was to cover the possible use of AI in internal material moderation processes, not to the training of commercial AI models.
“From your response, we understood that it could not be clear that you maintain the ownership and control of your content,” the company writes into one. blog post. “Ever since we updated further conditions to make them easier to understand. We have also removed the mention of machine learning, as it is nothing in relation to customer content that uses some apprehension and may cause some apprehension.”
Wet confraceer rules and services are now the owners of everything in which we transfer LOL. pic.twitter.com/l58jlru8vt
– Mat Lib ?? (@mattlieb) July 15, 2025
Updated Terms, which are effective for existing users on 8 August, now suggests: “You give us a royalty-free license to use your content for the purposes of operation, development and service, according to your privacy and cookie policy.”
Earlier, the conditions also included “re -introduction, distributing, modifying,” or “publicly performing” the right to the user material, which meets further concerns that the waitefeer can share or mood up the uploaded files. The company says that the amended language is aimed at preventing misinformation.
