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The Dutch company WeTransfer has updated its terms of use. The company may now use all files sent by users to train AI models. This means that photos, videos, documents and other creative works shared through the service can be used for machine learning without users still being explicitly asked for permission. Creators are also not paid for the use of their work.
WeTransfer was founded in 2009 by Bas Beerens, Ronald Hans (better known as Nalden) and Rinke Visser out of frustration with cumbersome sending of large files. The Amsterdam-based company grew to become one of the most popular file-sharing platforms worldwide.
More and more tech companies want to use user data for AI development. This regularly leads to uproar on social media, with users concerned about their personal content being used without explicit permission. For example, Microsoft recently made negative headlines because it used more than two hundred thousand books to train its AI, works that had been illegally downloaded and for which not a penny had been paid.
There are now widespread calls on social media to stop using WeTransfer and to look for alternatives. There are. European alternatives include SwissTransfer, Proton Drive or Wormhole. Dutch users can also choose FileCapor SecuDoc.
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