TikTok states it collects everything you type or upload into its AI-powered features, including questions, prompts, and files, as well as the AI's responses to you.
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Users interacting with AI interfaces may share sensitive or personally revealing information through prompts and files, all of which TikTok explicitly collects, including the generated outputs.
Under the policy, content submitted to TikTok's AI interfaces, including files and detailed personal questions, is collected and may be used for service improvement, machine learning training, and content moderation scanning, in addition to providing the requested AI response.
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"AI interactions, including prompts, questions, files, and other types of information that you submit to our AI-powered interfaces, as well as the responses they generate.Excerpt from TikTok's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: AI interaction data collection engages emerging state AI transparency and privacy frameworks, including Colorado's AI Act and proposed legislation in other states requiring disclosure of AI data use practices.
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Users interacting with AI interfaces may share sensitive or personally revealing information through prompts and files, all of which TikTok explicitly collects, including the generated outputs.
Under the policy, content submitted to TikTok's AI interfaces, including files and detailed personal questions, is collected and may be used for service improvement, machine learning training, and content moderation scanning, in addition to providing the requested AI response.
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