AI Terms of Service
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Our AI Terms are different depending on the region you live in
- Separate AI terms govern users living in the UK, Brazil or the European Region Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
United Kingdom: The [UK Meta AIs Terms of Service](https://www.facebook.com/legal/uk-ai-terms) govern the use of our Generative AI products and features if you live in the United Kingdom.
- Separate AI terms govern users living in the UK, Brazil or the European Region Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Brazil: The [Brazil Meta AIs Terms of Service](https://www.facebook.com/legal/br-ai-terms) govern the use of our Generative AI products and features if you live in Brazil.
- Separate AI terms govern users living in the UK, Brazil or the European Region Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
European Region: The [EU Meta AIs Terms of Service](https://www.facebook.com/legal/eu-ai-terms) govern the use of our Generative AI products and features if you live in the European Region.
- Separate AI terms govern users living in the UK, Brazil or the European Region Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Meta AIs Terms of Service
- These Terms bind you to Meta Platforms, Inc. when you use "AIs" through any Meta Product Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) apply when you access and use Meta AIs and other software, tools, services, documentation, content, functionalities, and generative AI features that we make available to you through any [Meta Product](https://www.facebook.com/legal/meta-products) (collectively, “AIs”). These terms are a legally binding agreement between you and Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”, “we”, “our”, or “us”). By using AIs, you agree to be bound by these Terms, the [Meta Terms of Service](https://www.facebook.com/terms.php), and any other applicable terms and policies.
- These Terms bind you to Meta Platforms, Inc. when you use "AIs" through any Meta Product Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Disputes under these Terms follow the dispute resolution clause of the Meta Terms of Service Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Your Commitments
Eligibility
- No access to AIs under age 13 (or a higher local minimum) or if the law bars you from Meta services Account & Service Control
Without limiting the [Meta Terms of Service](https://www.facebook.com/terms.php) or any other applicable terms or policies, you cannot access AIs if you are under the age of 13 (or such greater age required in your country or territory) or if you are prohibited from receiving our services or software under applicable laws.
- No access to AIs under age 13 (or a higher local minimum) or if the law bars you from Meta services Account & Service Control
Acceptable Uses
- You may not use AIs, or let others use them, in any way on the Acceptable Uses list; breach can cost access Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
You may not access, use, or allow others to access or use AIs in any manner that would:
- You may not use AIs, or let others use them, in any way on the Acceptable Uses list; breach can cost access Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Prohibited: uses that violate law, including anything involving child sexual abuse material Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Prohibited: content that may harm people, manipulative techniques, or exploiting vulnerable people Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Prohibited: harmful social scoring of individuals and predictive policing based on profiling Inference & Profiling
- Prohibited: facial-image scraping, biometric categorisation, and emotion or biometric ID uses (two law carve-outs) Inference & Profiling
- Prohibited: uses presenting a risk of death or bodily harm, and adult or sexual content Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Prohibited: deceiving or misleading others, including scams, phishing, malware, plagiarism and misinformation Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Prohibited: content or Prompts that may infringe others’ rights, including intellectual property and privacy Content & IP Rights
- Prohibited: seeking professional advice or content for regulated activities; outputs are not professional care Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Prohibited: overriding safety or privacy filters, controls or mechanisms Security & Safeguards
- Violate any applicable law (including but not limited to any manner that promotes, contributes to, or encourages illegal or unlawful activity), including conduct that describes, encourages, supports, or distributes in any form child sexual abuse materials
- Prohibited: uses that violate law, including anything involving child sexual abuse material Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Generate, promote, disseminate, or otherwise use or facilitate content that may harm other individuals, including to encourage self-harm, discrimination, bullying, humiliation, and/or other emotional harms. This also includes causing harm by using AIs to: (i) deploy subliminal, manipulative, or deceptive techniques to distort behavior by impairing decision making; or (ii) exploit people due to their age, disability, or a specific social or economic situation to distort their behavior
- Prohibited: content that may harm people, manipulative techniques, or exploiting vulnerable people Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Evaluate or classify individuals based on social behavior or personal traits that leads to detrimental or unfavorable treatment, either in a context unrelated to the original data or that is unjustified or disproportionate
- Engage in predictive policing or criminal risk assessments based on profiling or assessing personality traits and characteristics
- Engage in the untargeted scraping of facial images from the internet or CCTV footage to build facial recognition databases
- Engage in emotion recognition in the workplace or education, save as permitted by applicable law
- Categorise people based on their biometric data to deduce or infer their race, political opinions, trade union membership, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life or sexual orientation
- Engage in real-time biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces for the purposes of law enforcement, save as permitted by applicable law
- Present a risk of death or bodily harm to individuals (including in relation to illegal drugs, weapons, or self-harm)
- Prohibited: uses presenting a risk of death or bodily harm, and adult or sexual content Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Generate, promote, disseminate, or otherwise use or facilitate adult content, such as erotic chat, pornography, and content meant to arouse sexual excitement
- Prohibited: uses presenting a risk of death or bodily harm, and adult or sexual content Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Deceive or mislead others, including but not limited to activity related to plagiarism, scams, phishing or malware, and furtherance of misinformation or disinformation
- Prohibited: deceiving or misleading others, including scams, phishing, malware, plagiarism and misinformation Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Generate, promote, disseminate, or otherwise use or facilitate content that may violate or infringe upon the rights of others (including but not limited to intellectual property rights and privacy rights)
- Solicit professional advice (including but not limited to medical, psychological, financial, or legal advice) or content to be used for the purpose of engaging in other regulated activities (including but not limited to political campaigning or lobbying). No statements, responses, or content generated by AIs should be interpreted as an offer or provision of professional care or as a substitute for consultation with a qualified provider.
- Prohibited: seeking professional advice or content for regulated activities; outputs are not professional care Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Override safety or privacy filters, controls, or mechanisms
- Prohibited: overriding safety or privacy filters, controls or mechanisms Security & Safeguards
Prompts, Results, and Other Content
Rights to Content
AIs allows you to provide materials for processing, which could include text, documents, images, or recordings, depending on the integration (together, “Prompts”) and will generate a response (“Outputs”) based on your Prompts, as well as any feedback you provide (“Feedback”) collectively, “Content”. You may not provide Prompts or use AIs in any way that infringes or violates someone else’s rights, including but not limited to privacy and intellectual property rights. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, you retain all right, title, and interest – including any intellectual property rights – that you have in and to your Prompts. You agree that your provision of Prompts will not violate these Terms, including the Acceptable Uses, and other policies that apply to your use of AIs, which we may supplement, update, or revise, at any time.
- Prohibited: content or Prompts that may infringe others’ rights, including intellectual property and privacy Content & IP Rights
- Defined terms: Prompts, Outputs, Feedback and Content Content & IP Rights
- You keep the rights you have in your Prompts, except as these Terms expressly provide Content & IP Rights
- You promise your Prompts comply with these Terms and other policies, which Meta may revise at any time Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Where available, media you provide (images, audio, video) is converted into an embedding each time Use & Processing
- You warrant you have consent from anyone depicted in media you submit for processing Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Meta keeps all rights in AIs; you get only the access and use rights these Terms expressly grant Content & IP Rights
Media Processing
Depending on where you are located, you may have the option to engage with AIs by providing media (e.g., images, audio, video, etc.). For example, you may speak to Meta AI, provide media for editing, or ask questions about media. To work, each time you provide media, the AI technology transforms and represents the media into an embedding to understand the media and provide the requested service.
- Where available, media you provide (images, audio, video) is converted into an embedding each time Use & Processing
By providing media to AIs for processing, you represent, warrant and agree that you have, and otherwise provide to Meta, any appropriate permission(s) or consents from persons depicted in such media to conduct such processing.
- You warrant you have consent from anyone depicted in media you submit for processing Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Personal Information
- Your AI interactions are used to personalise experiences and ads and to improve AI at Meta, per the Privacy Policy Use & Processing
The [Meta Privacy Policy](https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/) explains how we process personal information in the context of AIs, including how we use your interactions with AIs to personalize your experiences and ads, and improve AI at Meta. When you or others interact with AIs, those interactions include information you or others exchange with AIs like Content or messages, along with information we use to make responses from AIs more relevant (like your interests, location and profile).
- Your AI interactions are used to personalise experiences and ads and to improve AI at Meta, per the Privacy Policy Use & Processing
When information is shared with AIs, the AIs will sometimes retain and use that information. Do not share information that you don’t want the AIs to use and retain, such as information about sensitive topics.
- AIs sometimes retain and use what you share; deleting messages or your account may not delete Meta’s copy Retention & Deletion
In some cases, Meta will review your interactions with AIs, including the content of your conversations with or messages to AIs, and this review may be automated or manual (human). When you interact with AI chats that use Private Processing technology, Meta cannot read or access the messages you have shared, including AI chats with friends and family. Meta provides Private Processing as a service on your behalf.
- Meta may review your AI conversations, automated or by humans, except chats using Private Processing Use & Processing
Meta may share certain information with select partners, like search engines, to provide you with the most relevant information in connection with our AIs. [Learn more about how we share information with these partners.](https://www.facebook.com/privacy/dialog/ai-partners) By using AIs, you instruct us to share information for this purpose. To provide you with the most relevant information when using AIs in Private Processing, search terms based on your chat may be sent to these search partners to provide a response. These queries are not connected to your account.
- Using AIs instructs Meta to share information with search partners; Private Processing queries are unlinked Sharing & Disclosure
Depending on where you reside, you or an authorized agent may have the right to request access to your personal information from Meta in a portable format, deletion of your personal information, or correction of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions. To learn more about how you can access and delete your personal information we process in the context of AIs, and exercise any applicable rights, visit our [Privacy Center](https://www.facebook.com/privacy/guide/genai?entry_point=whatsapp_genai). It is important that you review the Privacy Center before you try to delete any personal information or delete or deactivate your account. Depending on how you use AIs, deleting individual messages, entire threads, or even your account may not delete our copy of your personal information, and the Privacy Center describes the correct way to delete your personal information.
- AIs sometimes retain and use what you share; deleting messages or your account may not delete Meta’s copy Retention & Deletion
- Depending on where you live, you may request access, deletion or correction of personal information Retention & Deletion
Accuracy and Warning Regarding Content
- No warranty of accuracy: do not rely on Outputs, and verifying them is your sole responsibility Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, META MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY OF ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING OUTPUTS, OR ANY OUTPUTS THAT ARE DISTURBING OR UPSETTING. YOU SHOULD NOT RELY UPON OUTPUTS FOR ANY PURPOSE OR USE OUTPUTS TO INFORM PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OR DECISIONS RELATED TO MEDICINE, FINANCE, LAW, OR PHARMACEUTICALS. IF YOU PLAN TO USE OUTPUTS FOR ANY REASON, IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO VERIFY OUTPUTS. AIS AND ANY CONTENT MAY NOT REFLECT ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR CURRENT INFORMATION.
- No warranty of accuracy: do not rely on Outputs, and verifying them is your sole responsibility Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- AIs and Outputs come "as is": no guarantee of safety, security or accuracy; implied warranties disclaimed Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
The AIs will generate Content based on Prompts that you provide. The specific Content that the AIs will return based on your Prompts cannot be predicted in advance. AIs MIGHT GENERATE CONTENT THAT YOU CONSIDER OFFENSIVE OR OBJECTIONABLE AND/OR THAT DOES NOT REPRESENT META’S VIEWS. BY AGREEING TO THESE TERMS AND BY USING AIS, YOU RECOGNIZE AND ASSUME THE RISK THAT THE PROMPTS YOU PROVIDE MIGHT RESULT IN GENERATION OF CONTENT THAT YOU CONSIDER OFFENSIVE OR OBJECTIONABLE. YOU ALSO RECOGNIZE AND AGREE THAT YOU – NOT META – ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE OF, RESPONSE TO, AND/OR ANY ACTIONS YOU TAKE IN RELATION TO, CONTENT GENERATED BY THE AIS BASED ON YOUR PROMPTS.
- Outputs are unpredictable and may be offensive; you, not Meta, are responsible for how you use them Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Meta's Rights
Meta’s Rights Regarding Content
- Meta uses your Content, with human review and vendors in some cases, to run and improve services and for research Use & Processing
Meta uses Content and related information as described in the Meta Terms of Service and Meta Privacy Policy, and may do so through automated or manual (i.e. human) review and through third-party vendors in some instances, including:
- You keep the rights you have in your Prompts, except as these Terms expressly provide Content & IP Rights
- Meta uses your Content, with human review and vendors in some cases, to run and improve services and for research Use & Processing
- Meta uses Content to monitor compliance, report violations required by law, remove violating Content and act on accounts Use & Processing
- To provide, maintain, and improve Meta services and features.
- To conduct and support research
- To monitor your use of AIs for compliance with these Terms and applicable laws and to report violations of applicable laws or regulations as required by law
- To remove unsafe, discriminatory, or other Content that violates these Terms, Meta’s Community Standards, or any other applicable policies and terms
- To suspend or remove accounts that violate these Terms with respect to your use of AIs
Suspension and Termination
- Breach may lead Meta to suspend or permanently disable AI access, other Meta services, or your account Account & Service Control
If we determine that you have breached these Terms or other applicable terms and policies, we may suspend or permanently disable your access to AIs or other Meta services or features, and we may permanently disable or delete your account including where we are required to do so for legal reasons.
- You may not use AIs, or let others use them, in any way on the Acceptable Uses list; breach can cost access Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Breach may lead Meta to suspend or permanently disable AI access, other Meta services, or your account Account & Service Control
Ownership of AIs
- Meta keeps all rights in AIs; you get only the access and use rights these Terms expressly grant Content & IP Rights
We retain all our respective rights, title, and interest, including intellectual property rights, in and to AIs. Other than the rights of access and use expressly granted in these Terms, these Terms do not grant you any right, title, or interest in or to the AIs.
- Meta keeps all rights in AIs; you get only the access and use rights these Terms expressly grant Content & IP Rights
Third Party Materials
- Third-party content and integrations used with AIs are at your own risk; Meta is not responsible Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
AIs may use or be used in connection with content, services, features, and integrations provided by third parties. Meta is not responsible for your use of third party content, services, features, and integrations, and you use these at your own risk.
- Third-party content and integrations used with AIs are at your own risk; Meta is not responsible Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitations on Liability
- AIs and Outputs come "as is": no guarantee of safety, security or accuracy; implied warranties disclaimed Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Disclaimer of Warranties
- AIs and Outputs come "as is": no guarantee of safety, security or accuracy; implied warranties disclaimed Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
AIs and Outputs are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we make no guarantees that they will be safe, secure, or error-free, or will function without disruptions, delays, or imperfections. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for Outputs, and you are responsible for checking Outputs for accuracy and suitability. The Outputs provided by AIs do not reflect the views of Meta, our affiliates, or our personnel.
- AIs and Outputs come "as is": no guarantee of safety, security or accuracy; implied warranties disclaimed Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, ACCURACY, AVAILABILITY, SECURITY, PRIVACY, COMPATIBILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY IMPLIED BY COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, OR TRADE USAGE.
- AIs and Outputs come "as is": no guarantee of safety, security or accuracy; implied warranties disclaimed Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Limitations on Liability
- Meta excludes lost profits, data and indirect damages, with a fallback where local law forbids such limits Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Our liability shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and under no circumstance will we be liable to you for any lost profits, revenues, information, or data, or consequential, special, indirect, exemplary, punitive, or incidental damages arising out of or related to these Terms or AIs (however caused and on any theory of liability, including negligence), even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
- Meta excludes lost profits, data and indirect damages, with a fallback where local law forbids such limits Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
The laws of some states or jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so some or all of the exclusions and limitations set out above may not apply to you. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms, in such cases, Meta’s liability will be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
- Meta excludes lost profits, data and indirect damages, with a fallback where local law forbids such limits Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Disputes
- Disputes under these Terms follow the dispute resolution clause of the Meta Terms of Service Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Any claim, cause of action, or dispute that arises out of or relates to these Terms is subject to the disputes resolution clause in the Meta Terms of Service.
- Disputes under these Terms follow the dispute resolution clause of the Meta Terms of Service Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Severability
- Unenforceable parts are trimmed or severed; non-enforcement is not waiver; changes need Meta’s signed writing Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
If any portion of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion will be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and if it can’t be made enforceable, then it will be severed and the remaining portion will remain in full force and effect. If we fail to enforce any of these Terms, it will not be considered a waiver. Any amendment to or waiver of these Terms must be made in writing and signed by us.
- Unenforceable parts are trimmed or severed; non-enforcement is not waiver; changes need Meta’s signed writing Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Changes to These Terms
- Meta may update these Terms; material changes come with notice and a review period unless law requires otherwise Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
We work constantly to improve our services and develop new features to make our products better for you and our community. As a result, we may need to update these Terms from time to time to accurately reflect our services and practices, to promote a safe and secure experience, and/or to comply with applicable law. Unless otherwise required by law, we will notify you (for example through email or in-app notification) of any material changes to these Terms and give you an opportunity to review them before they go into effect. Once any updated Terms are in effect you will be bound by them if you continue to use our AIs. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you should stop using AIs before they go into effect.
- You promise your Prompts comply with these Terms and other policies, which Meta may revise at any time Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Meta may update these Terms; material changes come with notice and a review period unless law requires otherwise Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Effective Date
- These Terms are effective May 13, 2026 Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Effective May 13, 2026
- These Terms are effective May 13, 2026 Legal Rights & Agreement Rules