Pika Terms of Service

Pika's Terms of Service govern your use of an AI video generation platform that can also create an AI-generated digital version of you — called an 'AI Self' — using your likeness, voice, and personal characteristics. The most important thing to know is that you grant Pika a broad, permanent license to use everything you upload, including your voice and likeness, to train their AI models, and you cannot sue Pika as part of a class action. If you use the AI Self feature or sign up for a paid subscription with a free trial, make sure to cancel before the trial ends — your account will automatically convert to a paid subscription and charges are non-refundable.

This document governs all access to and use of Mellis, Inc. (Pika)'s generative AI video and AI Self platform, operating under a click-wrap contractual basis across websites pika.me and pika.art, mobile applications, and third-party platforms including Discord and X. The most significant obligations include users granting Pika a broad, royalty-free, sublicensable, worldwide license to use all submitted Inputs and Outputs for service operation and AI model training, and users accepting sole responsibility for their AI Self's autonomous interactions with other users and on third-party platforms. Notable deviations from industry standard include the AI Self feature — which creates an AI-generated digital representation of the user capable of autonomous interaction and monetization — combined with a clause requiring users to be solely responsible for their AI Self's outputs, creating unusual personal liability exposure for AI-generated content the user did not directly produce. The document engages CCPA/CPRA (California), COPPA (for 13-17 year old users), FTC Act Section 5 (unfair or deceptive practices in AI and auto-renewal), and potentially the EU AI Act (biometric and likeness data processing for AI Selves); material compliance considerations include the adequacy of consent mechanisms for biometric/likeness data collection, the enforceability of the mandatory arbitration and class action waiver under applicable state law, and the auto-renewal and no-refund provisions under FTC and state automatic renewal laws.