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Adobe has maintained a formal set of AI ethics principles since 2019, built around three pillars: Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency. Every product team developing an AI feature must complete an internal AI Ethics Impact Assessment before launch. Adobe updated these principles in October 2024.
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Governance is implemented through an AI Ethics Committee (cross-functional) and an AI Ethics Review Board that evaluates the highest-impact AI features before release. During the program's first two years, approximately 125 AI features were formally evaluated; by the first half of 2024 alone, that number had already been exceeded for the full year. Adobe has signed the White House Voluntary AI Commitments and contributes to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework. An AI Ethics principles PDF is published on Adobe's corporate trust site.
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All Adobe AI features across Creative CloudDocument CloudExperience Cloud
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Other practices by Adobe
OtherIn June 2024, Adobe pushed updated Terms of Use to all Creative Cloud users that required mandatory acceptance before they could continue using their software. The language alarmed many users and creative professionals who believed Adobe was claiming the right to use their personal work to train AI models. Adobe published clarifications and then released fully revised terms later that month.OtherAdobe InDesign version 21.2, released in January 2026, added an AI feature that automatically generates alt text — written descriptions of images used by screen readers to assist people who are blind or have low vision. The feature is on by default and has received mixed reactions from users about its accuracy.Creative GenAdobe co-founded the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) in November 2019 with The New York Times and Twitter to build open-source tools and industry standards that let people verify where a piece of digital media came from and whether it has been altered. As of January 2026, the CAI has over 6,000 member organizations including major news outlets, camera makers, tech companies, and social platforms
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