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The Notice
Meta's No-Training Promise Lasted Fifteen Months
Vol 26, No 20 — You Pay Going In. You Carry the Risk Coming Out
Flux Puts Human Review and IP Risk on You
Vol 26, No 20 — You Pay Going In. You Carry the Risk Coming Out
Synthesia's AI Governance Page Lost the Word "Consent"
Vol 26, No 20 — You Pay Going In. You Carry the Risk Coming Out
Perplexity's Comet No Longer Promises Your Browsing Stays Local
Vol 26, No 20 — You Pay Going In. You Carry the Risk Coming Out
n8n's “We Don’t Train on Your Data”, With a Footnote
Vol 26, No 20 — You Pay Going In. You Carry the Risk Coming Out
Invideo Rewrote Its Terms in Your Favor. Mostly
Vol 26, No 20 — You Pay Going In. You Carry the Risk Coming Out
Vol26 Issue20 Smaller Changes
Vol 26, No 20 — You Pay Going In. You Carry the Risk Coming Out
Perplexity Rewrites Its Privacy Policy and Two Big Things Disappear
Vol 26, No 19 — Perplexity's Privacy Policy Drops Two Promises, We Test Character Consistency
Grok Gets New Terms and Takes New Rights to Likeness
Vol 26, No 19 — Perplexity's Privacy Policy Drops Two Promises, We Test Character Consistency
Magnific Starts a Streaming Channel For AI Content and Bans Training On Its Videos
Vol 26, No 19 — Perplexity's Privacy Policy Drops Two Promises, We Test Character Consistency
ComfyUI Doesn't Have to Warn You Before Charging Overages
Vol 26, No 19 — Perplexity's Privacy Policy Drops Two Promises, We Test Character Consistency
Meta Adds a Child's Contacts to What Personalizes Their Feed and Sends Glasses Audio to the Cloud
Vol 26, No 19 — Perplexity's Privacy Policy Drops Two Promises, We Test Character Consistency
Vol26 Issue 19 Smaller Changes
Vol 26, No 19 — Perplexity's Privacy Policy Drops Two Promises, We Test Character Consistency
Beeble Builds a Commercial-Grade Legal Stack
Vol 26, No 17 — Beeble Builds a Developer Tier, Kling Rewrites Its Takedowns, A Creature Emerges
Kling's Takedown Path Now Cuts Both Ways
Vol 26, No 17 — Beeble Builds a Developer Tier, Kling Rewrites Its Takedowns, A Creature Emerges
Suno Names an EU and UK Data-Protection Representative
Vol 26, No 17 — Beeble Builds a Developer Tier, Kling Rewrites Its Takedowns, A Creature Emerges
Vol26, Issue 17 Smaller Changes
Vol 26, No 17 — Beeble Builds a Developer Tier, Kling Rewrites Its Takedowns, A Creature Emerges
ElevenLabs Routes Image and Video to Outside Models, and Disclaims What They Do
Vol 26, No 16 — Eleven Labs Routes Around Responsibility, Artlist Removes Its Promise You Can Delete, A Coffee Date with AI
Artlist Drops Its Promise That You Can Delete Your Prompts and Outputs
Vol 26, No 16 — Eleven Labs Routes Around Responsibility, Artlist Removes Its Promise You Can Delete, A Coffee Date with AI
OpenAI Academy Can Now Report Your Progress to Your Employer
Vol 26, No 16 — Eleven Labs Routes Around Responsibility, Artlist Removes Its Promise You Can Delete, A Coffee Date with AI
Vol26, Issue 16 Smaller Changes
Vol 26, No 16 — Eleven Labs Routes Around Responsibility, Artlist Removes Its Promise You Can Delete, A Coffee Date with AI
Anthropic Builds Identity Verification and Agentic Data Flows Into Its Privacy Policy
Vol 26, No 15 — Anthropic ID Verification, Ideogram Updates Language but Neglects Revision Date, Can AI Smoke?
Ideogram Rewrites Its Arbitration Terms, Forgets to Change Document Date
Vol 26, No 15 — Anthropic ID Verification, Ideogram Updates Language but Neglects Revision Date, Can AI Smoke?
OpenAI Lays Groundwork for On-Prem Product
Vol 26, No 15 — Anthropic ID Verification, Ideogram Updates Language but Neglects Revision Date, Can AI Smoke?
ComfyUI Continues Differentiating Between Local and Cloud
Vol 26, No 15 — Anthropic ID Verification, Ideogram Updates Language but Neglects Revision Date, Can AI Smoke?
Vol26 Issue 15 smaller changes
Vol 26, No 15 — Anthropic ID Verification, Ideogram Updates Language but Neglects Revision Date, Can AI Smoke?
YouTube Now Flags AI Videos On Its Own
Vol 26, No 14 — Artlist Adds Unlimited, YouTube to Auto-Tag GenAI and OpenAI Expands Admin Powers
OpenAI Gives Workspace Admins The Keys To Employee Chats
Vol 26, No 14 — Artlist Adds Unlimited, YouTube to Auto-Tag GenAI and OpenAI Expands Admin Powers
Artlist Embraces “Unlimited” The Same Week Runway Retires The Word
Vol 26, No 14 — Artlist Adds Unlimited, YouTube to Auto-Tag GenAI and OpenAI Expands Admin Powers
Runway Widens IP Defense Beyond Patents, But Outputs Stay On You
Vol 26, No 14 — Artlist Adds Unlimited, YouTube to Auto-Tag GenAI and OpenAI Expands Admin Powers
Cascadeur Carves Out An Advertising Layer
Vol 26, No 14 — Artlist Adds Unlimited, YouTube to Auto-Tag GenAI and OpenAI Expands Admin Powers
Vol26, Issue 14 Smaller Changes
Vol 26, No 14 — Artlist Adds Unlimited, YouTube to Auto-Tag GenAI and OpenAI Expands Admin Powers
ComfyUI Won’t Train on Your Work. Just on How You Make It.
Vol 26, No 13 — ComfyUI: The Pixels Are Yours, The Recipe Isn't
ElevenLabs Quietly Adds Two Subsidiaries, One Has “Auto” in the Name
Vol 26, No 13 — ComfyUI: The Pixels Are Yours, The Recipe Isn't
A No-Training Pledge at Seedance2.ai, From a Site That Won’t Say Who’s Making It
Vol 26, No 13 — ComfyUI: The Pixels Are Yours, The Recipe Isn't
LangChain Spells It Out, “Including Any Large Language Models”
Vol 26, No 13 — ComfyUI: The Pixels Are Yours, The Recipe Isn't
Vol26, Issue 13 Smaller Changes
Vol 26, No 13 — ComfyUI: The Pixels Are Yours, The Recipe Isn't
Adobe Content Credentials Get Some Teeth
Vol 26, No 12 — Adobe Content Credentials Get Some Teeth
Runway Speaks MCP Now, and the Risk Is Yours
Vol 26, No 12 — Adobe Content Credentials Get Some Teeth
Dreamina Drops the USDS Wrapper, Effective Date Unchanged
Vol 26, No 12 — Adobe Content Credentials Get Some Teeth
Kling Adds More Terms, Effective Date Still Says April
Vol 26, No 12 — Adobe Content Credentials Get Some Teeth
OpenAI Adds a Rights List, Pinned Directly to the Ad Disclosure
Vol 26, No 12 — Adobe Content Credentials Get Some Teeth
Vol26, Issue 12 Smaller Changes
Vol 26, No 12 — Adobe Content Credentials Get Some Teeth
Open AI Makes Global Privacy Changes
Vol 26, No 11 — OpenAI and Meta Global Updates
Meta Adjusts Global AI Terms
Vol 26, No 11 — OpenAI and Meta Global Updates
Freepik Becomes Magnific — and Adds Prohibitions
Vol 26, No 11 — OpenAI and Meta Global Updates
N8N Add No Training Committment
Vol 26, No 11 — OpenAI and Meta Global Updates
Vol26, Issue 11 Smaller Changes
Vol 26, No 11 — OpenAI and Meta Global Updates
Foundry Buys Griptape, Rewrites its Legal Stack
Vol 26, No 10 — The Foundry Integrates Griptape
Runway's Enterprise Quietly Loses its SLA
Vol 26, No 10 — The Foundry Integrates Griptape
Some good, pro-consumer catches this week.
Vol 26, No 10 — The Foundry Integrates Griptape
The Exhibit
Character Preservation
Vol 26, No 19 — Perplexity's Privacy Policy Drops Two Promises, We Test Character Consistency
Creature Reveal Through Water
Vol 26, No 17 — Beeble Builds a Developer Tier, Kling Rewrites Its Takedowns, A Creature Emerges
A Coffee Date With GenAI
Vol 26, No 16 — Eleven Labs Routes Around Responsibility, Artlist Removes Its Promise You Can Delete, A Coffee Date with AI
Care for a Smoke ?
Vol 26, No 15 — Anthropic ID Verification, Ideogram Updates Language but Neglects Revision Date, Can AI Smoke?
Physics, human motion and mechanics
Vol 26, No 10 — The Foundry Integrates Griptape