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AI-Generated Content Disclosure

Last updated: April 23, 2026 · snapshots.cloud is an AI-powered platform. This page discloses how AI is used, what it produces, and your obligations when sharing AI-generated content.

1. What This Page Is For

snapshots.cloud uses artificial intelligence at every stage of its media pipeline. Transparency about that fact is not just good practice — it is increasingly required by law. This disclosure page explains:

• What AI systems we use and what they produce
• How AI-generated content is labeled within our platform
• What applicable laws say about AI content disclosure
• Your obligations when you share or publish AI-generated output
• Our position on content provenance standards (C2PA)

2. AI Systems We Use

The following AI systems are involved in producing content delivered to users:

• Anthropic Claude — used for image analysis, scene understanding, and generating descriptive prompts that guide the video generation pipeline. Claude does not generate visual content directly.
• Kling AI (via fal.ai) — an image-to-video AI model that generates short animated video clips from your still photographs. This is the primary source of AI-generated moving image content in Cinema films.
• ElevenLabs Sound Generation — an AI audio generation model used to compose original music tracks for Cinema films. Music is generated based on a mood and style brief derived from your photos and the selected Cinema theme.
• Shotstack — a video rendering platform used to assemble AI-generated clips, your original photos, AI-generated music, and titles into a finished film. Shotstack is a rendering engine, not a generative AI model.
• Topaz Photo AI — used for photo enhancement, upscaling, and restoration. Topaz uses AI to reconstruct detail and improve image quality while preserving the content of the original photograph.

We may add, replace, or remove AI providers as the technology evolves. Material changes to the AI pipeline will be reflected in updates to this page.

3. What Is and Is Not AI-Generated

Not all output from snapshots.cloud is equally AI-generated. Here is a clear breakdown:

• Your original photos — not AI-generated. They are your photographs, unchanged in content, simply stored and served.
• Enhanced/restored photos — AI-assisted derivative works. Your original photo is the source; AI fills in detail, removes noise, or improves resolution. The subject matter is entirely yours.
• Animated video clips — AI-generated moving images derived from your still photos. The motion, camera movement, and interpolated frames are created by AI. The visual subject is based on your photo.
• Cinema films — a composite work. The photos and their ordering are yours; the animated video clips, transitions, timing, title treatment, and music are AI-generated or AI-assembled.
• Music in Cinema films — fully AI-generated. No human composer is involved. The music is created by ElevenLabs' AI audio model based on a style brief derived from your photos.

4. How We Label AI-Generated Content

Within the snapshots.cloud platform, AI-generated content is contextually identified:

• The Cinema feature is explicitly described as AI-powered throughout the user interface.
• Cinema films optionally carry a visible watermark identifying them as created with snapshots.cloud.
• The platform's name, branding, and marketing make clear that all media output is AI-generated or AI-assisted.

We do not currently embed C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity) metadata in output files. C2PA is an emerging open standard for cryptographically signing content with provenance information. We are monitoring adoption of C2PA across the industry and will evaluate embedding it in future versions of the platform.

5. Applicable Laws and Regulations

European Union — EU AI Act

The EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), which enters full application in phases through 2026–2027, includes requirements for providers and deployers of AI systems that generate synthetic content. Key provisions relevant to snapshots.cloud users:

• Article 50 — Transparency obligations: AI systems that generate synthetic audio, image, video, or text content must ensure that outputs are marked in a machine-readable format and detectable as artificially generated. snapshots.cloud is evaluating technical measures (including C2PA metadata) to comply with this requirement as the Act's provisions take effect.
• Users who are subject to the EU AI Act in their own capacity (e.g., deploying snapshots.cloud output in a regulated professional context) are responsible for their own compliance obligations.

United States — State Laws

Several U.S. states have enacted or proposed laws requiring disclosure of AI-generated content in specific contexts:

• California AB 2655 (2024) — requires platforms to label materially deceptive AI-generated content, particularly in the context of elections and political advertising. Does not apply to personal media use on snapshots.cloud.
• California AB 2602 (2024) — restricts the use of digital replicas of performers without consent. Relevant if Cinema output depicting identifiable performers is used commercially.
• Various state deepfake laws — over 20 states have enacted laws restricting non-consensual deepfakes, particularly in sexual and electoral contexts. See our Biometric & Likeness Rights Policy for detail.

FTC Guidance

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued guidance stating that AI-generated endorsements, testimonials, and commercial content must be disclosed. If you use snapshots.cloud output in advertising or commercial contexts, you may have independent disclosure obligations under FTC rules.

6. Your Disclosure Obligations When Sharing

When you share, publish, or distribute AI-generated output from snapshots.cloud, you may have legal or platform-specific obligations to disclose its AI origin. The following are general guidance points — not legal advice. Consult a legal professional for your specific situation.

• Social media platforms — Meta (Facebook, Instagram), YouTube, TikTok, and X (Twitter) have each adopted or announced policies requiring disclosure of AI-generated content, particularly realistic video. Check the platform's current AI content policy before posting Cinema films.
• Commercial advertising — If you use Cinema output in paid advertising, FTC guidance and platform ad policies may require you to disclose that the content is AI-generated.
• News and journalism — Publishing AI-generated or AI-enhanced photos or video as factual documentation without disclosure may violate journalistic ethics standards and, in some jurisdictions, law.
• Electoral content — Using AI-generated content in political advertising or election-related communications is regulated or prohibited in a growing number of jurisdictions. Do not use snapshots.cloud output in political advertising without first confirming compliance with applicable law.
• Personal and family sharing — Sharing a Cinema film of family photos with friends and family carries no disclosure requirements in any jurisdiction we are aware of. This is the primary use case for snapshots.cloud.

7. What We Prohibit

Regardless of disclosure, the following uses of AI-generated output from snapshots.cloud are prohibited under our Terms of Service:

• Creating synthetic media intended to deceive — including deepfakes used to impersonate, defraud, or manipulate
• Generating or distributing non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) of any person
• Using AI-generated content to influence elections through deceptive synthetic media
• Presenting AI-generated content as authentic documentary evidence in legal proceedings
• Using AI-generated depictions of individuals in commercial contexts without their consent

8. Our Commitments

• We will clearly communicate when AI is involved in producing content delivered to you.
• We will evaluate and implement C2PA provenance metadata as the standard matures.
• We will update this disclosure as our AI pipeline changes or as new laws take effect.
• We will not use your content to train AI models without your explicit consent.
• We will maintain an accurate and up-to-date list of the AI systems involved in our pipeline (see Section 2).

9. Updates to This Policy

AI regulation is one of the fastest-moving areas of law globally. We will update this disclosure at least annually, and promptly when material changes occur in our AI pipeline or when significant new legal requirements take effect. Material updates will be communicated by email.

10. Questions

Questions about AI-generated content or this disclosure? hello@snapshots.cloud