#Etsy has updated their Terms of Service that forces sellers to allow the use of their photographs, videos, and text to train #AI. There is no opt-out.
It seems bonkers to me that Etsy, a website which ostensibly sells human-made creations, is forcing sellers to enable AI to learn from and subsequently copy their own products. I guess they now feel that they have enough market share that people will not leave over this.
https://www.valueaddedresource.net/etsy-expands-ai-training-rights/
@drahardja @inarticulatequilter Etsy has been on the money over handmade track for years, this isn’t surprising or a new tactic for them. When they started allowing non-handmade items a decade or so ago (because they wanted to go IPO and they needed to boost users and sales) it really changed the whole site.