When you type queries or submit any content to Perplexity, you give the company a broad, free license to use that content in many ways, including to train and improve its AI models.
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This clause means that queries, uploaded documents, and other content submitted through Perplexity may be used to train AI models, not just to respond to the immediate search request. This has implications for users who submit proprietary, confidential, or sensitive personal information.
The updated terms state that the Company reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen, edit, or delete any user content at any time, for any reason, and without notice. The revised language also clarifies that while the Company does not claim ownership of user-submitted content, the Company retains ownership of the Services and the underlying technology used to generate Output. Additionally, the terms now specify that users must obtain license rights in their content to allow the Company to operate the Service without legal violations. The operational effect is that user content may be subject to removal at any time under the Company's sole discretion, and users should understand the distinction between their ownership rights in submitted content and the Company's ownership of the platform and generation technology.
View change record →The agreement states that submitted content, including search queries and any uploaded materials, may be used for AI model training and service improvement under a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license. Users who submit confidential business information, personal data about third parties, or sensitive personal information through the service should be aware of this license scope.
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we may closely review accounts that offer the following services, products, or content: Online trading, day trading tips, and stock market related content
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If Your Content is prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction where our Services are available, we may remove it even if it is not illegal in your location.
"By submitting, posting, or displaying content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display, and distribute such content in any and all media or distribution methods now known or later developed. You agree that this license includes the right for Perplexity to use your content to provide, maintain, and improve the Services, including to train machine learning models.Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Article 6 (lawful basis for processing) and Article 5 (purpose limitation) for EU/EEA users, as using query data submitted for search purposes to train AI models may require …
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This clause means that queries, uploaded documents, and other content submitted through Perplexity may be used to train AI models, not just to respond to the immediate search request. This has implications for users who submit proprietary, confidential, or sensitive personal information.
The agreement states that submitted content, including search queries and any uploaded materials, may be used for AI model training and service improvement under a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license. Users who submit confidential business information, personal data about third parties, or sensitive personal information through the service should be aware of this license scope.
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