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QuestionAdobe (Firefly, Acrobat AI Assistant)CanvaDescriptElevenLabsFigmaHeyGenMidjourneySynthesia
AI training on identifiable customer content: defaultNo, unless submitted to Adobe Stock marketplace
Quote“We will not use your Local or Cloud Content to train generative AI models except for Content you choose to submit to the Adobe Stock marketplace, and this use is governed by the separate Adobe Stock Contributor Agreement.”
Yes
Quote“to train our algorithms, models and AI products and services using machine learning to develop, improve and provide our Service. You can manage the use of your data for training AI”
Conflicting statements
Quote“This includes use by Descript to train, improve, and develop its models and technologies (unless you have opted out of such use) | This option is disabled by default and can only be enabled by you.”
Yes
Quote“In addition, you may opt out of our use of your Content for training at any time by navigating to the 'Data use' menu in the 'Terms and Privacy' section of your ElevenLabs account. Your Content will no longer be used to improve our Services (including the Models) once the request has been processed by our team, except as may be necessary to provide the Services to you, but does not affect any uses of (or materials resulting from uses of) your Content prior to that date.”
Yes
Quote“4. Improving our Services through artificial intelligence. This includes: if “Content Training” is toggled on within your administrative user settings, Customer Content and where we act as a controller (e.g. when processing Usage Data). We take steps to de-identify and aggregate data to protect your privacy for data we use to train AI models. Click here for more information about the steps we take to protect your privacy. Legal Basis: Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our Services updated and relevant).”
Yes, except enterprise users (excluded by default); all users can opt out by email
Quote“to operate, improve, promote and provide the Services and to develop new services and products, including to train or otherwise improve or modify our artificial intelligence and machine learning models. | For our enterprise users, data is by default excluded from AI training. All users can easily opt-out by contacting us at privacy@HeyGen.com.”
Not statedNo for pre-training; fine-tuning only on the customer's written instruction
Quote“Synthesia does not use Customer Data, including inputs or outputs, to pre-train its AI Components. | Any processing of Customer Data that requires, or results in, the fine-tuning of AI Components is subject to the written instruction of the customer, in accordance with their governing agreement.”
Product-improvement use of contentYes
Quote“Subject to your opt-out rights, we may perform Content Analytics (see section 4.3(B)) with Cloud Content to help us understand how our users are using our Services and Software to allow us to improve your Services and Software experience”
Yes
Quote“We use this information to operate, maintain, improve and provide the features and functionality of the Service to you”
Yes
Quote“We may also use your Projects to analyze and improve the Descript Service. ”
Yes
Quote“License to Your Content. You hereby grant to ElevenLabs a license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly or otherwise perform and display, and use your Content to provide the Services (including the trust and safety features therein), to improve the Services, and to develop new services and products. For avoidance of doubt, to the extent that your Content includes your voice, the foregoing license allows ElevenLabs to reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly or otherwise perform, and use your voice, and other indicia of your persona that may be contained therein, to provide and improve the Services, and to develop new services and products. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we will not commercialize your voice on a standalone basis without your permission to do so.”
Yes
Quote“Figma will be free (during and after the Term) to use Usage Data in de-identified and aggregated form to maintain, improve, and enhance Figma’s products and services.”
Yes
Quote“Understanding the usage of our services, understanding trends and preferences, improving and repairing errors in the services, and in this context developing new products, services, features, and functionalities.”
Yes
Quote“text”
Yes
Quote“only as reasonably necessary (a) to provide, maintain and improve the Services; (b) to prevent or address service, security, support or technical issues; | Synthesia does not use Customer Data, including inputs or outputs, to pre-train its AI Components.”
Terms change noticeNot statedNot statedEffective on posting
Quote“Unless we say otherwise in our notice, the amended Terms will be effective immediately, and your continued use of our Services after we provide such notice”
Effective on posting
Quote“Unless we say otherwise in our notice, the amended Terms will be effective immediately, and your continued use of our Services after we provide such notice will confirm your acceptance of the changes.”
Not statedNot stated—Not stated
AI statusAI features
Quote“you can use Firefly and our generative AI tools to generate content for any other legal purpose.”
—AI features
Quote“(h) train text to speech AI models based on voice recordings, and (i) use AI tools to edit your audio and video content.”
AI-native
Quote““ ElevenAgents ” is a solution offered by ElevenLabs that enables the deployment of interactive AI voice agents (“ Customer AI Agent ”) as part of ElevenLabs’ Services.”
AI features
Quote“We use your personal information for a variety of business purposes, including... Providing and managing the Services or information requested, such as:... providing access to certain areas, functionalities, and features of our Services, including the sharing of content with friends, colleagues and other users, and certain AI powered functionality if this option is in use on your account”
AI-native
Quote“HeyGen is an independent platform for creating synthetic media, allowing users to create their text to video.”
AI-native
Quote“Midjourney is a communications technology incubator that provides image generation services to augment human creativity and foster social connection.”
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