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Claude.ai changed what its terms of service says
Claude.ai (Anthropic) added use of Materials “to develop other products and services, including training our models,” “unless you opt out of training through your account settings.”
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Our use of Materials.** We may use Materials to provide, maintain, and improve the Services, including training our models, unless you opt out of training through your account settings. Even if you opt out, we will use Materials for model training when: (1) you provide Feedback to us regarding any Materials, or (2) your Materials are flagged for safety review to improve our ability to detect harmful content, enforce our policies, or advance our safety research.
After
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Our use of Materials.** We may use Materials to provide, maintain, and improve the Services and to develop other products and services, including training our models, unless you opt out of training through your account settings. Even if you opt out, we will use Materials for model training when: (1) you provide Feedback to us regarding any Materials, or (2) your Materials are flagged for safety review to improve our ability to detect harmful content, enforce our policies, or advance our safety research.
Other Claude.ai changes
- Anthropic still says it may use “Inputs and Outputs” to train “unless you opt out through your account settings”; it adds “Legitimate interests” language. New disclosure · Claude.ai, Privacy Policy
- Anthropic added that it may obtain personal data from “third party sources in order to train our models,” including feedback, flagged, or opted-in inputs and outputs. New disclosure · Claude.ai, Privacy Policy
- Anthropic's Claude.ai now uses Materials for "training our models, unless you opt out of training through your account settings," with feedback and safety-flagged content trained on regardless. Change of position · Claude.ai, Terms of Service
- Claude.ai (Anthropic) now says it “may use your Inputs and Outputs to train our models…unless you opt out through your account settings,” with safety-review/reported-materials exceptions. Change of position · Claude.ai, Privacy Policy