DeepSeek Chat policy evolution
Before/after stance changes across captured policy versions, with exact citations. If no before/after delta is available yet, AIRIN shows the latest citation-backed stance events instead.
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Jun 17, 2026ownershiphigh
content license
Latest stance: sublicensable or transferable
“we grant you a revocable, non-transferable, and non-exclusive right to legally use this product and related services. All other rights not expressly authorized by these Terms are reserved by DeepSeek, and before exercising such rights, you must obtain written permission from DeepSeek.”
Open citationJun 17, 2026ownershiplow
content ownership
Latest stance: user retains rights
“4.2 Subject to applicable law and our Terms, you have the following rights regarding the Inputs and Outputs of the Services: (1) You retain any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Inputs you submit; (2) We assign any rights, title, and interests—if any—in the Outputs of the Services to you. Due to the nature of our Services and artificial intelligence generally, Outputs may not be unique and other users may receive similar Outputs from our Services. Our assignment above does not extend to other users’ Outputs. (3) You may apply the Inputs and Outputs of the Services to a wide range of use cases, including personal use, academic research, derivative product development, training other models (such as model distillation), etc., as long as such usage is legal and adhere to these Terms.”
Open citationGenerated from live stance events. Informational only, not legal advice.