Pika
- The policy allows AI training; it does not describe an opt-out.
- The documents do not say whether your data is used for ads.
- Data is shared only with the providers who run the service.
- Staff may review your content; the policy does not describe an opt-out.
They train on your content by default, take a license, can close you anytime, and auto-renew with no refunds.
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- Uses your content for AI training with no opt-out
Collected
Your prompts, images, videos, voice samples, and likeness for AI Selves, plus account signup info.
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Terms of service
“The Service uses artificial intelligence tools and functionalities to process user-submitted content, including text prompts, directions, images, videos, voice samples, likeness data, documentation, or other material”
Training
They may train their models on your content, and people may review chats, text, and voice.
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Terms of service
“you acknowledge that Pika may use Content—including Inputs, Outputs, and your interactions with the Service—to train, improve, and develop its machine learning models”
Sharing
Service providers can get your content; public posts and AI Selves can be seen by other users.
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Terms of service
“This license includes the right for Pika to make User Content available to its service providers and contractors in connection with providing and supporting the Service.”
Kept
They set their own storage limits; deleting your account permanently deletes AI Self data.
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Terms of service
“Upon deletion of your Account, all data associated with your AI Self will be permanently deleted.”
Controls
You can cancel a plan in account settings.
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Terms of service
“You may cancel your subscription at any time through your account settings or by contacting support@pika.art.”
Fine print
Terms change when posted; they can close you anytime; no refunds.
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Terms of service
“Your continued use of the Service after the posting of revised terms of service means that you accept and agree to the changes.”
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What you can turn off
The controls and opt-outs their own documents describe, and where they say to find them.
Cancel a subscription before the next bill
Account settings or support@pika.art; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing cycle
Do not create an AI Self if you are under 18
Terms section “Who May Use the Service”
If a switch is not where they say, the deletion request above still applies.
Line by line
The lines that matter most, worst first.
Unless you have a special written deal, they can train their AI on what you type, upload, and generate.
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Terms of service
“you acknowledge that Pika may use Content—including Inputs, Outputs, and your interactions with the Service—to train, improve, and develop its machine learning models, algorithms, and related technologies and services”
For example, a video you generate from a personal photo could be used to improve Pika’s models for everyone.
For training, they take a lasting license they can pass to others, even after you leave.
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Terms of service
“you hereby grant Pika a nonexclusive, , , worldwide, , fully paid, transferable, license to use, reproduce, analyze, and modify that Content for the purposes described above.”
For example, deleting the app later would not automatically pull your old clips out of their training license.
People or tools at Pika may listen to or read your chats and voice, and they say you should not expect privacy.
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Terms of service
“By using the Service, you consent to that monitoring, including of chat, text, and voice communications, to the extent permitted by law.”
For example, a private voice note to your AI Self could be reviewed if they choose to monitor it.
They can shut your account and AI Self without promising a warning or a reason you like.
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Terms of service
“We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service, your AI Self, your Account, or any portion of it, at any time and for any reason”
For example, your AI Self and scheduled chats could vanish the same day they decide to end the account.
If you cancel mid-month or year, they keep the money for that period.
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“Except as expressly provided in these terms of service or required by law, all subscription payments are non-refundable, and there are no refunds or credits for partially used periods.”
For example, canceling a yearly plan after two weeks usually means no refund for the unused months.
If your content or AI Self causes a legal fight, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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Terms of service
“You shall Pika, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, suppliers, successors, and assigns, against any claims”
For example, if your AI Self copies someone’s face and they sue Pika, you could be on the hook for costs.
New rules can apply as soon as they go on the website; keeping using the app counts as agreeing.
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“All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Service afterwards.”
For example, they could post a new training rule today and it would bind you the next time you generate a video.
Voice and face you give for your AI Self stay with that Self and are not used to clone other people.
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Terms of service
“any Inputs used to create an AI Self (including your likeness, voice samples, and personal characteristics) will only be used to develop, operate, improve and train your AI Self and will not be used to train other Models or create AI representations for other users.”
For example, your voice sample should not be used to make someone else’s talking avatar.
They say you own what you upload and what the AI makes, even though they take a license to use it.
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Terms of service
“Pika does not claim ownership of any Inputs you submit or Outputs generated through your use of the Service. As between you and Pika, you retain all interest in those Outputs.”
For example, a video you generate is yours to keep, subject to their license to run and train the service.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- prompt
- What you type or say to an AI to get a response. For example, asking a chatbot to write a birthday message is a prompt, and it may be stored.
- inputs and outputs
- Inputs are what you type, say or upload to an AI; outputs are what it gives back to you. For example, the question you ask a chatbot is an input and its answer is an output, and both may be stored.
- model training
- Using your content and conversations as examples to teach an AI system, which can then echo them in future answers. For example, a story you write in a chatbot may be studied by the company to make the next version of the bot.
- service providers
- Outside companies that handle your data on the app's instructions, such as a cloud host or an email sender. For example, the company that stores the app's files in the cloud sees your data but only does what the app tells it.
- perpetual
- Lasting forever, with no end date. For example, a perpetual licence means the company can keep using your video years after you leave.
- irrevocable
- Cannot be taken back or cancelled once given, even if you change your mind or delete your account. For example, an irrevocable licence to your photos means you cannot withdraw it later.
- royalty-free
- The company can use your content without ever paying you for it. For example, your photo can appear in the app's ads and you get nothing.
- sublicensable
- The company can pass its rights over your content on to other companies without asking you. For example, an app can let an advertiser or a partner reuse your video under the licence you gave.
- worldwide license
- You let the company use your content anywhere on earth, usually for free and for as long as it likes. For example, a video you post can be shown in ads in any country without asking you again.
- consent
- Your clear agreement to something, given by an action like ticking a box or tapping Accept. For example, a pop-up asking if the app may use your location is asking for consent.
- indemnify
- You promise to pay the company's legal costs and losses if your use of the service gets it sued. For example, if you post a song you do not own and the label sues the app, you owe the app's lawyer bills.
- affiliates
- Other companies owned by or connected to the same parent company. For example, if you use one app, its sister apps under the same owner may also get your data.
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What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
Not stated in the documents.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
They take voice samples and likeness for AI Selves and use them to train and run that Self. They say those inputs are not used to train other models.
Are your chats and uploads used to train AI models, and is that off by default?
They say they may train on inputs, outputs, and interactions unless you have a separate written agreement. No in-app opt-out is described.
Can employees or contractors read your conversations, and when?
They may review inputs and outputs with automated or manual tools, including chat, text, and voice, and they say you have no expectation of privacy.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
Not stated in the documents.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They say they can give user content to service providers and contractors to run the service. Extra sharing happens if you export to other platforms.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
They say you own inputs and outputs, but for training they take a perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable license. User content also gets a transferable, sublicensable license to operate, improve, and promote the service.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
Not stated in the documents.
Does it build a lasting memory or profile of you, and can you see, edit or turn it off?
An AI Self is a lasting digital you that you train. They do not describe viewing or editing memory piece by piece; deleting the account wipes AI Self data.
Do they commit to basic security, and have they leaked data?
Not stated in the documents.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be at least 13 (and meet local digital-consent age). You must be 18 to use an AI Self or monetize. Parents accept for kids who cannot legally agree. No extra age check is described.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
They can change the terms and they take effect as soon as posted. Keeping using the service means you accept. Dispute-rule changes do not apply to disputes already noticed.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
They may suspend or terminate your account, AI Self, or the service at any time and for any reason, and they may delete your content. They are not obligated to keep it.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The service is “as is,” liability is capped at six months of fees or $100, and you must indemnify them for claims tied to your content and AI Self.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Plans auto-renew until you cancel in account settings or by email. Payments are non-refundable except where the law requires otherwise. They say they will give reasonable notice of material price changes.
The terms are 8,674 words at a college graduate level.
