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The provision establishes LinkedIn's operational authority to incorporate user content into AI training datasets without separate compensation or per-use licensing arrangements. This licensing structure enables LinkedIn to develop and improve AI-powered features using the platform's accumulated user-generated content as training material.
Users' posted content and profile data become input material for LinkedIn's AI training systems under the terms of service. The provision defines the scope of content LinkedIn may use for this purpose and establishes that such use occurs as part of the standard service arrangement.
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The provision establishes LinkedIn's operational authority to incorporate user content into AI training datasets without separate compensation or per-use licensing arrangements. This licensing structure enables LinkedIn to develop and improve AI-powered features using the platform's accumulated user-generated content as training material.
Users' posted content and profile data become input material for LinkedIn's AI training systems under the terms of service. The provision defines the scope of content LinkedIn may use for this purpose and establishes that such use occurs as part of the standard service arrangement.
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