“We and these vendors, service providers, and consultants may scan, analyze, and review your content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata.”
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The content users create or exchange on Medium — including messages and AI interactions — may be actively examined by Medium and multiple third-party entities.
The updated policy discloses that vendors, service providers, and consultants with access to your information may scan, analyze, and review your content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata. The policy now explicitly states that these parties may use this information to train, test, and improve machine learning models and algorithms. Previously, the policy described vendor access only in terms of performing services such as hosting, analytics, and payment processing, without mentioning content analysis or AI model training. Under the revised terms, your posted content and communications may be analyzed by third parties for machine learning purposes.
View change record →Your content, private messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata may be scanned, analyzed, and reviewed by Medium and its third-party vendors and consultants.
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"We and these vendors, service providers, and consultants may scan, analyze, and review your content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata.Excerpt from Medium's Privacy Policy
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The content users create or exchange on Medium — including messages and AI interactions — may be actively examined by Medium and multiple third-party entities.
Your content, private messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata may be scanned, analyzed, and reviewed by Medium and its third-party vendors and consultants.
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