Nigeria, July 16 -- WeTransfer, the Dutch-based file-sharing platform widely used by creatives, has clarified that it does not use user-uploaded files to train artificial intelligence (AI) models, following days of criticism over a recent update to its terms of service.

The controversy began in late June 2025 after the company introduced a new clause in its Terms & Conditions, set to take effect on August 8, 2025.

The clause stated that users grant WeTransfer a "perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable license"to use their content for purposes such as "developing, commercializing. and improving the Service or new technologies or services, including to improve performance of machine learning models....