Incident #57AD0A · 31 AUG 2026notable
Stability AI updates terms: new license to user content, stricter use limits, Canada dropped from arbitration
The terms now define "Content" and give Stability an explicit license to use it to run the Services. They allow ages 13-17 on audio services with parental consent. They add bans on removing AI watermarks and modifying the software, a broader ban on training competing models, and a rule against settling claims in ways that bind Stability. The liability exclusion no longer lists direct damages, and arbitration and the class waiver now apply only to US users, not Canada. The right to remove shared LoRAs and the resale ban were already in the old terms.
Taken from you
- Grant Stability a license to host, use, reproduce, process, adapt and display all your Content to run the Services
- Grant Stability permission to access your connected Third-Party Services and to retrieve, process and store data from them, and accept responsibility for your actions through them
- Cannot remove or circumvent AI watermarks or provenance marks, or modify, port, adapt or translate the Software; the ban on making the Services available to third parties is broader than the old resale ban
- Cannot settle claims in a way that admits fault by or binds Stability without its consent
- Organization admins can now edit or remove your activity and Content, not just view it
- Broader ban on using Outputs or Services to train or improve models that compete with or replicate Stability's
- Added arbitration severability: if class waiver fails for a claim, that claim goes to court in Los Angeles County while the rest stays in arbitration
Won back
- Canadian users are no longer bound by mandatory arbitration and class action waiver
- Liability exclusion no longer lists direct damages
- Users 13-17 may use audio services with parental permission
- End users may access functionality through your own integrated product
Evidence · 4 of 4 quotes matched in source
You grant to Stability a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, use, reproduce, process, transmit, display, adapt, and otherwise use your Content as necessary to provide, maintain, secure, and support our Services+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
Stability may remove your LoRA from our Services at any time, for any reason, without notice.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
By connecting Third-Party Services, you grant Stability AI permission to access them, share your Content, and to retrieve, process, and store necessary data to provide the connection and our Services.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
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