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Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users’ photos to train AI if they don’t delete them


EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo-sharing community that exited last year to Spanish company Freepik, after going bankrupt, is now licensing its users' photos

EyeEm, the Berlin-based photo-sharing community that exited last year to Spanish company Freepik, after going bankrupt, is now licensing its users’ photos to train AI models. Joaquin Cuenca Abela, CEO of Freepik, hinted at the company’s possible plans for EyeEm, saying it would explore how to bring more AI into the equation for creators on the platform. This specifically includes the sublicensable and transferable right to use your Content for the training, development and improvement of software, algorithms and machine learning models.

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