You keep ownership of what you type in, and AI21 gives you ownership of the AI's responses — but be aware that other users might receive nearly identical outputs from the AI.
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This allocation of intellectual property rights clarifies ownership of both inputs and outputs within the service relationship, while the non-uniqueness caveat establishes that output generation does not guarantee exclusivity. The provision operationalizes the distinction between user-contributed content and AI-generated content under the service agreement.
The updated terms remove the explicit "Your Opt-Out Rights" button that previously allowed users to opt out of data sales and targeted advertising. In its place, the revised language establishes a general cookie consent framework requiring users to click "Accept" to allow cookies for site navigation, usage analysis, and marketing efforts. Users retain the ability to choose not to allow certain cookie types, but the prior dedicated opt-out mechanism for data sales and targeted advertising is no longer explicitly described in the accessible terms interface. If you wish to control cookie preferences, you can click on the cookie settings to modify consent for different types of cookies; however, strictly necessary cookies cannot be declined as they are required for core website functionality.
View change record →This detailed provision explaining IP ownership in inputs and outputs is removed and replaced with only the license grant provision, eliminating explicit clarification that users retain input ownership and receive output ownership, and losing the important disclaimer about output non-uniqueness.
View full change record →If you are a business using AI21 outputs for commercial content, you should be aware that the same text may be given to other users, creating risks of duplicate content, copyright conflicts, and reduced commercial value for content you paid to generate.
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"As between you and AI21, you retain ownership of your inputs. AI21 assigns to you all of AI21's right, title, and interest in and to the outputs generated in response to your inputs, subject to your compliance with these Terms and applicable law. However, due to the nature of AI, outputs may not be unique to you, and AI21 may generate the same or similar outputs for other users.— Excerpt from AI21 Labs's AI21 Labs Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Intellectual property ownership of AI-generated outputs is a rapidly evolving area. The U.S. Copyright Office has issued guidance indicating that purely AI-generated content with no human creative input is not copyrightable (Copyright Office Guidance 2023). EU copyright law (Directive 2019/790) similarly requires human authorship. The assignment of AI outputs in this clause may therefore assign rights in content that AI21 cannot legally own to begin with, creating ambiguity. (2)
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This allocation of intellectual property rights clarifies ownership of both inputs and outputs within the service relationship, while the non-uniqueness caveat establishes that output generation does not guarantee exclusivity. The provision operationalizes the distinction between user-contributed content and AI-generated content under the service agreement.
If you are a business using AI21 outputs for commercial content, you should be aware that the same text may be given to other users, creating risks of duplicate content, copyright conflicts, and reduced commercial value for content you paid to generate.
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