Developers grant Perplexity a royalty-free, worldwide license to use content submitted to the API, including prompts and generated outputs, for operating and improving its services. This license applies to any content transmitted through API calls.
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This provision authorizes Perplexity to use developer-submitted inputs and AI-generated outputs beyond the scope of fulfilling the immediate API request, including for model training and service development purposes. Developers transmitting sensitive, proprietary, or personal data through the API should evaluate whether this license scope is consistent with their own data governance obligations and user-facing privacy commitments.
Interpretive note: The precise scope of 'improving and developing the Services' is not defined, and it is uncertain whether this includes model training on developer-submitted inputs.
Removal of broad input/output licensing clause replaced by narrower 'No Model Training' provision, significantly reducing Perplexity's rights to use submitted content but creating ambiguity about what other uses remain permitted.
View full change record →Scope expanded from 'analyze' to 'distribute' outputs, and purposes broadened from 'maintaining and improving the Service' to 'developing the Services,' giving Perplexity broader rights to redistribute user-generated content.
View full change record →This provision establishes that content submitted through the API, including prompts and outputs, may be used by Perplexity for service improvement under a license that is royalty-free and worldwide in scope. Developers who transmit personal data or confidential business content through the API should assess whether this license is compatible with applicable data protection obligations and contractual commitments to their own end users.
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"By submitting inputs to the API, you grant Perplexity a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute such inputs and any outputs generated in connection therewith for the purposes of operating, improving, and developing the Services.Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity API Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR where inputs contain personal data of EU/EEA residents, as the license grant may constitute onward processing beyond the original purpose, potentially conflicting with GDPR data minimization and purpose …
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This provision authorizes Perplexity to use developer-submitted inputs and AI-generated outputs beyond the scope of fulfilling the immediate API request, including for model training and service development purposes. Developers transmitting sensitive, proprietary, or personal data through the API should evaluate whether this license scope is consistent with their own data governance obligations and user-facing privacy commitments.
This provision establishes that content submitted through the API, including prompts and outputs, may be used by Perplexity for service improvement under a license that is royalty-free and worldwide in scope. Developers who transmit personal data or confidential business content through the API should assess whether this license is compatible with applicable data protection obligations and contractual commitments to their …
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