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Adobe’s June 2024 statement on AI training and customer content
In a June 2024 post Adobe said it has never trained generative AI on customer content and would revise its terms.
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WHAT HAPPENED
In June 2024 Adobe’s Scott Belsky and Dana Rao published a post about its updated terms. Adobe says it has never trained generative AI on customer content, doesn’t take ownership of customers’ work, and doesn’t scan locally stored content. Uploaded content is scanned for CSAM, with human review only when flagged, on request, for public content or by law.
WHAT IT MEANS
Adobe said it would roll out revised terms by June 18, 2024, with narrower licenses and plain-English explanations. It says Firefly is trained on licensed content such as Adobe Stock and public-domain material.
WORTH KNOWING
These are Adobe’s statements; we haven’t verified how they’re applied. Adobe’s current General Terms (effective 3 October 2025, checked 20 October 2026) still say it won’t use local or cloud content to train generative AI models, except content submitted to Adobe Stock. Check the terms for your plan if client NDAs matter.
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Source: Scott Belsky and Dana Rao · Adobe Blog · Jun 10, 2024Open as a page
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Type: Company claim · Older example, not a recent development
- Updating Adobe's Terms of Use
Scott Belsky and Dana Rao · Adobe Blog · Published Jun 10, 2024 · Checked Oct 20, 2026 - Adobe General Terms of Use
Adobe · Adobe · Published Oct 3, 2025 · Checked Oct 20, 2026
Source check: Spot-checked by the 4TC build team on Oct 20, 2026. Fetched and read on 2026-10-20. Nobody at 4TC has tested this.
Claims and where they come from
- Adobe has never trained generative AI on customer content (according to the company) [1]
- Firefly is trained only on licensed content such as Adobe Stock and public domain content (according to the company) [1]
- Uploaded content is scanned for CSAM; human review happens only when flagged, on request, for public content, or as required by law (according to the company) [1]
- Users can opt out of desktop product improvement programs (according to the company) [1]
4TC interpretation
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Designer impact
These are Adobe's own statements about its policies. We haven't independently verified how they are applied, and the terms can change, so read the current terms for the plan you use.
Benefits
- Adobe says customers keep ownership of their content.
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