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Re:Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no ... by gnicholas on Sunday August 06, 2023 @03:52PM (#37025903)
Yep, I acknowledge that is a possibility, but it would also lead to them having permission to display literally the entirety of my videonconf calls to anyone, for advertising purposes or some other purpose that only incidentally benefits me. That would be a strained reading IMO.
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Re:Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no ... by zeusk on Sunday August 06, 2023 @04:04PM (#37026032)
> solely for the limited purpose of operating and enabling the Service to work as intended for You and for no other purposes.

Pretty sure this clause would rule out any advertising purpose. The main idea here is - will they use your feed to train AI models (for segmentation / background filters etc)? Things that do evidently improve the service for everyone including "you".

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Re:Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no ... by Guvante on Sunday August 06, 2023 @04:04PM (#37026037)
Additionally courts consider the fact that users have little if any say in the terms and thus tend to take the most restrictive but still reasonable view of any uncertainty in the terms.

Basically "if you wanted it you could have asked for it, if you didn't then that is a problem".

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Re:Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no ... by gnicholas on Sunday August 06, 2023 @05:20PM (#37026908)
Yep, contracts of adhesion, and construing against the drafter: both favor the user here.
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Re:Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no ... by turbojerry on Sunday August 06, 2023 @04:59PM (#37026686)
To misquote Bill Clinton, it depends on what the means of 'you' is.
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Re:Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no ... by benatkin on Sunday August 06, 2023 @05:05PM (#37026758)
More like a certainty :)
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